According to the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare, the number of new infected people in Japan announced on the 16th is 54,378, including airport quarantines.



The number of people who died in Japan was 33 in Osaka, 30 in Tokyo, 22 in Saitama, 18 in Kanagawa, 13 in Kumamoto, 12 in Mie, and 12 in Chiba. 12 in Hiroshima, 10 in Aichi, 10 in Fukuoka, 7 in Kyoto, 7 in Hokkaido, 7 in Shiga, 6 in Miyazaki, 6 in Gunma, and 6 in Ibaraki 6 in Nara, 5 in Yamanashi, 5 in Iwate, 5 in Ehime, 5 in Kagawa, 4 in Hyogo, 4 in Wakayama, 4 in Miyagi , 3 in Toyama, 3 in Okayama, 3 in Ishikawa, 3 in Nagasaki, 3 in Aomori, 3 in Shizuoka, 3 in Kagoshima, 2 in Saga, Yamaguchi 2 in Gifu, 2 in Tokushima, 2 in Fukui, 2 in Kochi, 1 in Tochigi, 1 in Akita, 1 in Tottori, totaling 284 The total number of people is 62,963.

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 16th.



▽ Nationwide 31,471,011 (54,378)


▽ Tokyo 4,183,038 (4433)


▽ Osaka 2,696,483 (3370)


▽ Kanagawa Prefecture 2,107,812 (3677)


▽ Aichi Prefecture 198 ▽ Saitama Prefecture has

1,709,754


people (2,150)


▽ Fukuoka Prefecture has 1,496,353 people (2007)


▽ Chiba Prefecture has 1,379,321 people (2,099)


▽ Hyogo Prefecture has 1,377,070 people (2,371)


▽ Hokkaido has 1,282,862 people (1,023)


▽ Shizuoka Prefecture has 786,536 people (3,132)


▽ Hiroshima Prefecture has 740,318 people (3,331)


▽ Kyoto Prefecture has 640,923 people (661)


▽ Ibaraki Prefecture has 589,986 people


▽ Okinawa Prefecture has 563,578 people (433)


Kumamoto Prefecture has 502,276 people (841)


▽ Miyagi Prefecture has 501,729 people (884)


▽ Gifu Prefecture has 498,178 people (1,035)


▽ Okayama Prefecture

The prefecture has 452,833 people (1279)


▽ Niigata Prefecture has 425,007 people (617)


▽ Nagano Prefecture has 417,915 people (799)


▽ Mie Prefecture has 417,710 people (1992)


▽ Kagoshima Prefecture has 410,738 people (1176)


▽ Gunma Prefecture has 409,252 people (656)


▽ Tochigi Prefecture has 387,968 people (659)


▽ Fukushima Prefecture has 372,832 people (708)


▽ Shiga Prefecture has 346,623 people (444)


▽ Nara Prefecture has 323,755 people (438)


▽ Nagasaki Prefecture has 310,000 people

3,724 people (463)


▽ Miyazaki Prefecture has 299,726 people (710)


▽ Ehime Prefecture has 287,588 people (601)


▽ Yamaguchi Prefecture has 283,982 people (919)


▽ Oita Prefecture has 280,991 people (961)


▽ Aomori Prefecture has 266,670 people (329)


▽ Ishikawa Prefecture has 259,872 people (410)


▽ Saga Prefecture has 245,540 people (435)


▽ Kagawa Prefecture has 230,776 people (498)


▽ Toyama Prefecture has 218,992 people People (224)


▽ Wakayama Prefecture has 218,870 people (870)


▽ Iwate Prefecture has 218,111 people (351)


▽ Yamagata Prefecture has 212,419 people (214)


▽ Akita Prefecture has 188,569 people (163)


▽ Fukui Prefecture

The prefecture has 185,711 people (343)


▽ Yamanashi Prefecture has 174,031 people (505)


▽ Kochi Prefecture has 152,931 people (317)


▽ Shimane Prefecture has 152,599 people (300)


▽ Tokushima Prefecture has 149,367 people (289)


▽ Tottori Prefecture has 127,687 people (413).In



addition, the number of severely ill people who have been confirmed to be infected with the new coronavirus and who are wearing a ventilator or ECMO or receiving treatment in an intensive care unit, etc. , 687 people as of the 16th.



The number of seriously ill people increased by 15 compared to the 15th.



* 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 has simplified the total number of people from September 27 last year. It was decided to publish the data of prefectures 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.