According to the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare, the number of new infected people in Japan announced on the 17th is 18,606, including airport quarantines.



In addition, 15 people died in Tokyo, 14 in Kanagawa, 12 in Saitama, 11 in Chiba, 10 in Aichi, 8 in Hokkaido, 8 in Osaka, and 8 in Niigata. 6 in Okinawa, 5 in Kyoto, 4 in Nara, 4 in Fukuoka, 4 in Nagasaki, 3 in Hyogo, 3 in Miyazaki, and 3 in Hiroshima. 3 in Shiga, 3 in Kumamoto, 3 in Gunma, 2 in Mie, 2 in Fukushima, 2 in Shizuoka, 1 in Oita, 1 in Miyagi , 1 in Yamagata, 1 in Yamanashi, 1 in Okayama, 1 in Iwate, 1 in Shimane, 1 in Tokushima, 1 in Ehime, 1 in Tochigi, Kochi One person in the prefecture and one person in Kagoshima prefecture, for a total of 141 people, for a total of 71,449 people.

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


( ) is the number of new infections on the 17th.



▽ Nationwide 33,059,569 (18,606)


▽ Tokyo 4,306,103 (1272)


▽ Osaka 2,804,239 (1,184)


▽ Kanagawa Prefecture 2,196,019 (1,053)


▽ Aichi Prefecture 208


▽ Saitama Prefecture

has 1,788,848 people (722)


▽ Fukuoka Prefecture has 1,569,872 people (894)


▽ Hyogo Prefecture has 1,451,374 people (926)


▽ Chiba Prefecture has 1,448,594 people (665)


▽ Hokkaido has 1,324,095 people (623)


▽ Shizuoka Prefecture has 853,990 people (740)


▽ Hiroshima Prefecture has 788,709 people (640)


▽ Kyoto Prefecture has 670,268 people (310)


▽ Ibaraki Prefecture has 629,779 people


▽ Okinawa Prefecture has 574,500 people (109)


Gifu Prefecture has 532,725 people (461)


▽ Kumamoto Prefecture has 529,091 people (261)


▽ Miyagi Prefecture has 527,969 people (395)


▽ Okayama Prefecture The prefecture has 484,786 people (414)


▽ Mie Prefecture has 452,792 people (502)


▽ Nagano Prefecture has 448,598 people (408)


▽ Niigata Prefecture has 446,931 people (343)


▽ Kagoshima Prefecture has 435,740 people (257)


▽ Gunma Prefecture has 434,005 people (245)


▽ Tochigi Prefecture has 415,284 people (308)


▽ Fukushima Prefecture has 396,045 people (295)


▽ Shiga Prefecture has 368,999 people (217)


▽ Nara Prefecture has 341,931 people (164)


▽ Nagasaki Prefecture has 330,000 people 2,540 people (196)


▽ Miyazaki Prefecture has 316,914 people (107)


▽ Ehime Prefecture has 310,331 people (291)


▽ Yamaguchi Prefecture has 307,853 people (290)


▽ Oita Prefecture has 299,182 people (244)


▽ Aomori Prefecture has 276,300 people (78)


▽ Ishikawa Prefecture has 274,506 people (233)


▽ Saga Prefecture has 258,386 people (132)


▽ Kagawa Prefecture has 248,866 people (170)


▽ Wakayama Prefecture has 235,155 people


▽ Toyama Prefecture has 232,941 people (235)


Iwate Prefecture has 230,630 people (251)


▽ Yamagata Prefecture has 222,257 people (153)


▽ Akita Prefecture has 197,232 people (114)


▽ Fukui Prefecture The prefecture has 197,012 people (137)


▽ Yamanashi Prefecture has 186,920 people (180)


▽ Kochi Prefecture has 166,576 people (144)


▽ Shimane Prefecture has 164,219 people (192)


▽ Tokushima Prefecture has 162,952 people (170)


▽ Tottori Prefecture has 138,503 people (147)



.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. , 232 people as of the 17th.



The number of seriously ill people decreased by 22 compared to the 16th.



* Regarding the number of people infected with the new corona, NHK has so far compiled and reported the number of people announced by prefectures through various broadcasting stations, 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 all of them 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.