New coronavirus confirmed three people infected in Saitama March 6 20:56 for six people in the prefecture

A total of three women were newly infected with the new coronavirus in Saitama City and Gyoda City, Saitama Prefecture. The city and the prefecture are going to investigate the three detailed behavioral histories and close contacts.

The infection with the new coronavirus was confirmed by a woman in her 40s in Saitama City and a family member of a male employee of the Prefectural Agricultural Research Center who was infected on May 5, living in Gyoda City in her 60s. Wife and 30s daughter in total.

Of these, a woman in her 40s in Saitama visited a live house "Soap opera classics -Umeda-" in Kita-ku, Osaka, where multiple cases of infection have been confirmed, on 23rd of last month.

After returning to Osaka last month, she commuted to work in Tokyo on the afternoon of the 25th, but received a report saying that infection had been confirmed by a visitor to the live house. After consultation and examination, the infection was confirmed. The woman is hospitalized at a medical facility in the city, but her symptoms are mild.

Saitama City and the prefecture are going to look at each of the rich contacts.

The number of new coronavirus infections announced in Saitama is now six.