Shizuoka: Four new infections were confirmed. A total of 27 people in the prefecture. New coronavirus on April 8, 19:59.
Shizuoka Prefecture has announced that it has been confirmed that four people, including employees in their thirties in Numazu, have been infected with the new coronavirus. Infection confirmation in the prefecture was 27 in total.
According to Shizuoka Prefecture, etc., four people were newly infected: a company employee in their thirties in Numazu, a resident of Shimizu Town, and an elderly couple living in Kamo-gun.
According to the prefecture, Numazu-shi office workers had a fever of over 38 degrees at their home in Tokyo where they lived on the 29th of last month, and the high fever persisted after moving to Numazu-city four days later, on the 2nd of this month. As a result of the examination, the infection was confirmed on the 7th.
In addition, residents of Shimizu-cho, together with relatives in Tokyo who have already been confirmed to be infected by an inspection in Tokyo, had dinner at a parents' house in Kamo-gun for about 5 hours on the 28th of last month, and three days later. As a result of a fever test on the 31st, the patient was tested and found to be infected on the 7th.
In addition, an elderly couple who had participated in dinner on the 28th of last month was confirmed infected on the 7th.
Four people were hospitalized at a medical institution in the prefecture, and all of the prefectures were infected in Tokyo or were more likely to have been infected by people from Tokyo.
On the 8th, Shizuoka Prefecture confirmed the highest number of infections per day for 5 people so far, and the total number of confirmed infections in the prefecture was 27.