Hyogo 1 person dead 4 people confirmed infection New Coronavirus March 31 0:08

A woman in her 80s in Takarazuka City, Hyogo Prefecture, where infection with the new coronavirus was confirmed, has died. A total of four new infections have been confirmed in Hyogo Prefecture, including Takanori Sakai of VISSEL KOBE of soccer J1.

Hyogo Prefecture on Tuesday announced that a woman in her 80s in Takarazuka City, who had been confirmed infected with the new coronavirus, died on the 29th.

The woman was the wife of a user of a caregiving facility "Green Ars Itami" in Itami City, where the outbreak occurred, and now 11 people have died in Hyogo Prefecture.

On the 30th, four new infections were discovered in Hyogo, including soccer J1 Vissel Kobe's Sakai Takanori, female employees in their 20s and 50s, and male doctors in their 30s.

Among them, two women were close contacts of male employees in their 50s who were infected on the 28th, and male employees are related to a company in Osaka City where multiple infected people were found. .

In addition, a male doctor in his thirties who lives in Nishinomiya City works at Kansai Rosai Hospital in Amagasaki City.

In total, 137 people have been infected in Hyogo Prefecture this time.