Saitama: Confirmed 18 new cases of infection A total of 185 people were diagnosed on April 5 at 21:27

Saitama Prefecture has announced that a total of 18 new cases of coronavirus infection have been confirmed in the prefecture.

According to Saitama Prefecture, the newly confirmed infection was 18 people in total, from preschoolers living in and outside the prefecture to men and women in their 80s, all of whom were calm.

Among them, women in their twenties living outside the prefecture were examined by hospitals where medical staff who had already been confirmed to work were hospitalized, and the prefecture examined that the infection may have spread in the hospital I am.

Of the other 13 cases, 13 are thought to have been transmitted through family members or colleagues at work, while 4 have no known transmission route so far.

Saitama Prefecture has been investigating the behavioral history and close contacts of each.

On the 5th, 7 infections were confirmed in Kawaguchi City, Kawagoe City, Saitama City, and Koshigaya City in total, and the number of new coronavirus infections announced in Saitama Prefecture reached 185. .