Tochigi Prefecture and Utsunomiya City announced on the 25th that they have confirmed that a total of 28 new people have been infected with the new coronavirus.
This brings the total number of people confirmed to be infected in the prefecture to 5,227.
In addition, Tochigi Prefecture announced on the 25th that it was found that 11 new people infected with the new coronavirus, which had been confirmed to be infected in the prefecture, were infected with the mutated virus. ..
According to the prefecture, 11 men and women in their 20s to 50s living in the prefecture were newly confirmed to be infected with the mutant virus.
None of them have traveled abroad and are not seriously ill.
Of these, six men in their twenties were in contact with two other men in their twenties who had already been confirmed to be infected with the mutant virus.
On the other hand, 4 out of 11 people do not know the route of infection with the mutant virus.
This brings the total number of people confirmed to be infected with the mutant virus in the prefecture to 74.