Kanagawa Prefecture 23 people confirmed infection The most in a day New coronavirus April 2 19:38

Sagamihara City announced that two people living in the city, men in their 20s and women in their 60s, were newly infected with the new coronavirus. In addition, it was newly confirmed that one woman in her 60s living in Yokosuka City, Kanagawa Prefecture was infected with the new coronavirus. As a result, the number of newly infected people confirmed in one day in the prefecture was 23, the highest.

According to Sagamihara City, two new cases were confirmed: a male employee in his 20s who lives in the city and an unemployed female in his 60s. Both of them have mild symptoms.

Among them, men in their twenties had symptoms of fever and headaches on March 26, and visited a hospital in the city on March 1 for examination, and as a result, the infection was confirmed. The man was refraining from going to work after the symptoms had appeared, but he had to go to work one day when the fever had temporarily dropped.

The woman in her 60s was the mother of a female part-time employee in her 40s who became infected on March 31st, and since 27th of last month, she has had cough symptoms and malaise. The two were living together, and when they were tested, the infection was confirmed two days later. The city is promoting the identification of close contacts, including families living together.

A newly infected woman in Yokosuka City was a 60-year-old unemployed woman who had symptoms such as coughs and low-grade fever on March 26, and also had symptoms that she could not understand the taste in one day. As a result, an infection was confirmed on the 2nd after examination after consultation with the Returnees and Contact Center. Now the fever has dropped and the symptoms are mild.

Yokosuka City has been checking the history of women's actions and conducting investigations to find out if there are any close contacts.

In the prefecture, two days so far,
▼ 9 people in Yokohama,
▼ 7 people in Kawasaki city,
▼ Two people in Sagamihara city,
▼ One person in Yokosuka City,
▼ 3 people in Kanagawa Prefecture,
▼ The infection of one person living in the health center of Chigasaki City has been revealed, and the number of persons announced on a single day is 23, exceeding the highest number of 19 on April 1.