Akita Prefecture and Akita City announced on the 24th that 195 new people were confirmed to be infected with the new coronavirus.
A total of 97,855 people were confirmed to be infected in Akita Prefecture.
In addition, it was newly announced that one person died from the new coronavirus on the 19th and 20th of this month.
With this, the number of confirmed cases in the prefecture that have died has reached 221.