Asahikawa City, Hokkaido, announced that 15 new residents of the city have been confirmed to be infected with the new coronavirus.
In addition, it was announced on the 12th that two people who had been confirmed to be infected so far, both gender and age, died on the 12th.
This brings the total number of infected people in Hokkaido to 11,271 and of these, 312 have died.