Akita Prefecture and Akita City announced on the 20th that 217 new people were confirmed to be infected with the new coronavirus.
The total number of infected people in Akita Prefecture has reached 95,377, as the prefecture withdrew the four infected people announced on the 20th and 31st of last month and on the 3rd of this month.
On the 18th and 20th, the prefecture announced that two people died of the new coronavirus.
With this, 214 people have died from confirmed infections in the prefecture.