Akita Prefecture and Akita City announced on the 22nd that 784 new people were confirmed to be infected with the new coronavirus.
Since the prefecture withdrew a total of three infected people announced on the 26th and 30th of last month, the total number of infected people in Akita Prefecture has reached 97,134.
In addition, the prefecture announced that five people died of the new coronavirus on the 27th of last month, the 4th of this month, and the 21st.
With this, 219 people have died from confirmed infections in the prefecture.