Mie: Newly confirmed infection of 6 people Total 32 people in the prefecture New Corona April 17, 20:47

Mie Prefecture announced on the 17th that 6 people, a man and a woman under 10 years old living in Kuwana City and Tsu City, have been confirmed to be infected with the new coronavirus. With this, the number of people confirmed to be infected in the prefecture has reached 32.

New infections were confirmed in a woman in her 30s, a dental hygienist living in Kuwana City, a teenage male college student attending a university in Aichi Prefecture, and two girls under 10 years old living in Tsu City, in Tsu City. There are 6 people in total, including 2 men and women in their 60s.

Among them, a woman who is a dental hygienist living in Kuwana City was working at a dental clinic “Heart Dentistry” run by a dentist in Kuwana City whose infection was confirmed on 15th of this month. I was examined as a concentrated contact person and it was confirmed that I was infected on the 17th.

In addition, two girls living in Tsu city are children of a man who works at a food maker Imuraya who has already been confirmed to be infected. It means that
As a result of having been tested as a male dense contact person, it was confirmed that infection was confirmed on the 17th.

The number of people confirmed to be infected in Mie Prefecture has now increased to 32.