21 new infections in Kitakyushu City 43 infections in 6 days New Corona May 28 23:19
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In Kitakyushu City, it was confirmed on the 28th that 21 new people were infected with the new coronavirus. The total number of confirmed infections in Kitakyushu City was 43 for the sixth consecutive day, and the city said that a cluster of infected people, “cluster”, had occurred at two hospitals in the city.
According to Kitakyushu City, 21 new infections were confirmed, including males and females in their teens and 80s, including elementary school and junior high school students.
Of these, nine are medical staff members of the Moji Medical Center in Moji Ward, and they are rich contacts of women in their 60s who were confirmed to be infected on the 25th of this month.
In addition, two patients, including inpatients and medical staff at the Kitakyushu General Hospital in Ogura Kita Ward, were confirmed to have been infected, and the total number of people who had been infected at this hospital was 28 by the 28th. The city claims that a cluster of infected people had formed at these two hospitals.
On the 28th, 17 out of 21 confirmed infections were concentrated contacts of those who had already been confirmed, but the remaining 4 did not know the transmission route.
The total number of confirmed infections in Kitakyushu City has been 43 for 6 consecutive days, and the infection route of nearly half of these 21 is unknown.
Hideki Nagatomi, director of the Kitakyushu City Health and Welfare Bureau, said at a press conference, "We are in a very difficult situation at the entrance of the second wave. We want citizens to recognize that the virus is familiar and try to prevent infection." We called on the citizens to refrain from going out unnecessary and urgent.