Yamaguchi Prefecture and Shimonoseki City announced on the 21st that 873 new people were confirmed to be infected with the new coronavirus.
With this, the total number of confirmed infections in the prefecture has reached 159,281.
In addition, the prefecture and Shimonoseki City announced that two women in their 90s who were infected with the new coronavirus died in the prefecture, bringing the number of deaths in the prefecture to 378.