According to the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare, the number of new infected people in Japan announced on the 21st, including airport quarantines, was 206,943, an increase of 16,100 from the same day of the previous week.



It is the first time since August 25, about four months ago, that the number of infected people in Japan has exceeded 200,000.



In addition, the number of people who died in Japan was 36 in Hokkaido, 20 in Tokyo, 18 in Saitama, 17 in Osaka, 16 in Fukuoka, 15 in Hyogo, 13 in Tochigi, 13 in Kumamoto, 11 in Gunma, 9 in Miyagi, 7 in Gifu, 6 in Oita, 6 in Hiroshima, 6 in Kanagawa, 6 in Fukushima, Shizuoka 6 in Kyoto, 5 in Chiba, 5 in Ehime, 5 in Shiga, 5 in Akita, 5 in Kagawa, 4 in Mie, 4 in Miyazaki 4 in Toyama, 4 in Iwate, 4 in Okinawa, 4 in Ibaraki, 4 in Aomori, 3 in Saga, 3 in Wakayama, 3 in Yamaguchi, 3 in Okayama, 3 in Shimane, 3 in Tokushima, 3 in Aichi, 3 in Kochi, 2 in Nara, 2 in Yamanashi, 2 in Nagasaki, and Ishikawa One in Fukui Prefecture, one in Kagoshima Prefecture, for a total of 296 people, a total of 54,026 people.



The total number of people confirmed to be infected in Japan is as follows.


( ) is the number of new infections on the 21st.



▽ Nationwide 27,581,407 people (206,943)


▽ Tokyo 3,824,262 people (21,186)


▽ Osaka Prefecture 2,443,633 people (12,225)


▽ Kanagawa Prefecture 1,884,764 people (11,833


▽ Aichi Prefecture has 1,741,417 people (12,894)

▽


Saitama Prefecture has 1,524,214 people (10,989)


▽ Fukuoka Prefecture has 1,287,156 people (11,584)


▽ Chiba Prefecture has 1,214,143 people (9,144 )


▽ Hyogo Prefecture has 1,208,322 people (8760)


▽ Hokkaido has 1,188,520 people (6275)


▽ Shizuoka Prefecture has 646,492 people (6341)


▽ Hiroshima Prefecture has 609,571 people (6344)


▽ Kyoto Prefecture has 573,098 people ▽ Okinawa Prefecture has

533,018


people (934)


▽ Ibaraki Prefecture has 502,114 people (4803)


▽ Miyagi Prefecture has 433,876 people (4081)


▽ Gifu Prefecture has 418,355 people (3881)


▽ Kumamoto Prefecture

The prefecture has 417,683 people (4403)


▽ Okayama Prefecture has 375,995 people (3551)


▽ Niigata Prefecture has 372,654 people (3383)


▽ Nagano Prefecture has 361,415 people (3460)


▽ Gunma Prefecture has 350,309 people (3225)


▽Kagoshima Prefecture has 343,576 people (2516)


▽Mie Prefecture has 342,056 people (4165)


▽Tochigi Prefecture has 332,604 people (2990)


▽Fukushima Prefecture has 320,720 people (3056)


▽Shiga Prefecture ▽ Nara Prefecture has

284,538


people (2382)


▽ Nagasaki Prefecture has 261,984 people (2212)


▽ Miyazaki Prefecture has 239,832 people (2164)


▽ Aomori Prefecture has 238,386 people ( ▽ Ehime Prefecture has

228,596


people (2672)


▽ Oita Prefecture has 227,764 people (2888)


▽ Ishikawa Prefecture has 227,469 people (1681)


▽ Yamaguchi Prefecture has 222,800 people (2,329)


▽ Saga Prefecture has 202,869 people (2,096)


▽ Toyama Prefecture has 192,978 people (1,692)


▽ Yamagata Prefecture has 191,122 people (1,385)


▽ Kagawa Prefecture has 190,000 people


▽ Iwate Prefecture has 187,912 people (2,045)

▽


Wakayama Prefecture has 178,980 people (2,043)


▽ Akita Prefecture has 169,830 people (1,296)


▽ Fukui Prefecture has 159,604 people (1,615)


▽ Yamanashi Prefecture has 145,254 people (1296)


▽ Kochi Prefecture has 128,371 people (1,145)


▽ Shimane Prefecture has 125,444 people (1,655)


▽ Tokushima Prefecture has 122,599 people (1,106)


▽ Tottori Prefecture has 100,352 people

With 1582 people, Tottori Prefecture has the highest number ever.



In addition, as of the 21st, there were 530 severely ill people who were confirmed to be infected with the new coronavirus and were wearing a ventilator or ECMO, or were being treated in an intensive care unit.



The number of seriously ill people increased by 37 compared to the 20th.



* Regarding the number of people infected with the new corona, NHK has compiled and reported the number of people announced by prefectures through broadcasting stations in various places, but the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare has simplified the grasp of the total number. It was decided to publish the data of prefectures collectively at 4:00 pm.



NHK has been reporting based on this data since September 28th.



* The cumulative number of infected people does not include airport and port quarantines, cruise ships, and charter flights until September 26th.



*Also, the cumulative number of deaths does not include quarantines at airports and ports, and deaths on cruise ships.