According to the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare, the number of deaths nationwide due to the new coronavirus announced on the 6th was 456, surpassing the 420 on December 29 last year, the highest number ever announced in a single day. .



In addition, the number of new infected people in Japan announced on the 6th was 245,542, including airport quarantines, which was the highest number in seven prefectures, including Ibaraki, Shizuoka, and Oita.



The number of people who died in Japan was 33 in Tochigi, 30 in Hokkaido, 29 in Osaka, 29 in Tokyo, 29 in Fukuoka, 25 in Saitama, 18 in Hyogo and Gunma. 18 in Aichi, 14 in Mie, 14 in Kumamoto, 13 in Chiba, 11 in Okayama, 9 in Ehime, 9 in Niigata, and 8 in Oita 8 in Yamaguchi, 8 in Fukushima, 8 in Shizuoka, 8 in Kagawa, 8 in Kagoshima, 7 in Wakayama, 7 in Miyagi, 7 in Nagasaki, 7 in Nagano, 7 in Kochi, 6 in Shimane, 6 in Kanagawa, 5 in Saga, 5 in Nara, 5 in Iwate, 5 in Hiroshima, Tokushima 5 in Shiga, 5 in Akita, 4 in Kyoto, 4 in Miyazaki, 4 in Ishikawa, 4 in Ibaraki, 4 in Aomori, and 3 in Gifu. 2 people in Toyama Prefecture, 2 people in Fukui Prefecture, 1 person in Yamagata Prefecture, 1 person in Tottori Prefecture, for a total of 456 people, a total of 58,952 people.

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


The number in ( ) is the number of new infections on the 6th.



▽ Nationwide 30,044,377 (245,542) ▽ Tokyo 4,067,729 (20,720


)


▽ Osaka Prefecture 2,601,938 (15,957)


▽ Kanagawa Prefecture 2,029,032 (11,773)


▽ Aichi Prefecture has 1,891,595 people (15,928)


Saitama Prefecture has 1,646,563 people (11,429)


▽ Fukuoka Prefecture has 1,417,980 people (14,859)


▽ Chiba Prefecture has 1,320,486 people (9578 )


▽ Hyogo Prefecture has 1,308,974 people (12,210

)


▽ Hokkaido has 1,252,024 people (5713)


▽ Shizuoka Prefecture has 723,873 people (8471)


▽ Hiroshima Prefecture has 687,794 people (8046)


▽ Kyoto Prefecture has 614,879 people (4212)


▽Ibaraki Prefecture has 554,402 people (5242)


▽Okinawa Prefecture has 551,014 people (2076)


▽Miyagi Prefecture has 479,674 people (3960)


▽Kumamoto Prefecture has 472,547 people (5717)


▽ Gifu Prefecture has 469,809 people (4975)


Okayama Prefecture has 422,896 people (5323)


▽ Niigata Prefecture has 407,770 people (3083)


▽ Nagano Prefecture has 397,414 people (3989)


▽ Gunma Prefecture has 38 people 8,573 people (3,571)


▽ Mie prefecture has

384,742 people (4,610 )


▽ Kagoshima Prefecture has 383,255 people (4644)


▽ Tochigi Prefecture has 367,713 people (3280)


▽ Fukushima Prefecture has 354,614 people (3102)


▽ Shiga Prefecture has 330,377 people (2331)


▽ Nara Prefecture has 300,000 people

9367 people (2719)


▽ Nagasaki Prefecture has 293,230 people (3601)


▽ Miyazaki Prefecture has 276,918 people (4331)


▽ Ehime Prefecture has 267,463 people (3775)


▽ Oita Prefecture has 262,305 people (3998)


▽ Yamaguchi Prefecture has 261,216 people (3617)


▽ Aomori Prefecture has 257,701 people (1791)


▽ Ishikawa Prefecture has 247,361 people (2171)


▽ Saga Prefecture has 230,432 people (2953)


▽ Kagawa Prefecture has 216,216 people

People (2475)


▽ Toyama Prefecture has 210,114 people (1692)


▽ Iwate Prefecture has 208,512 people (1521)


▽ Yamagata Prefecture has 205,584 people (1481)


▽ Wakayama Prefecture has 203,351 people (2692)


▽ Akita Prefecture

The prefecture has 182,584 people (1,114)


▽ Fukui Prefecture has 177,068 people (1,557)


▽ Yamanashi Prefecture has 162,933 people (2,201)


▽ Kochi Prefecture has 144,144 people (1,602)


▽ Shimane Prefecture has 143,475 people (1604)


▽ Tokushima Prefecture has 139,056 people (2053)


▽ Tottori Prefecture has 117,531 people (1795) The seven prefectures of



Shizuoka, Oita, Ibaraki, Wakayama, Tottori, Okayama and Yamanashi have the highest number ever.



In addition, as of the 6th, there were 659 severely ill people who were confirmed to be infected with the new coronavirus, who were wearing a ventilator or ECMO, or who were being treated in an intensive care unit.



The number of seriously ill people increased by 9 compared to the 5th.

* With regard to 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 announced on September 27 last year in line with the simplification of the total number. Starting today, the data for all prefectures will be released collectively at 4:00 pm.



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



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



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