Niigata 6 newly confirmed infections Total 53 people in the prefecture New coronavirus April 17 17:56

Niigata Prefecture and Niigata City announced on the 17th that 6 new people were infected with the new coronavirus. The number of infected people announced in Niigata Prefecture on the 1st is the highest so far, and the number of infected people is now 53.

According to announcements from Niigata Prefecture and Niigata City, there are 6 new infected people, 5 living in Niigata City and 1 living in Wombei City.

Of these, in Niigata City, there are women in their 70s in Kita-ku, men in their 30s in Akiba-ku, women in 20s in Higashi-ku, and female employees in their 20s. In addition, a female employee in her 40s in Wombai was also confirmed to have been infected by her colleagues at two companies in Niigata City, which had already been confirmed.

A female employee of a restaurant in her 20s in Higashi Ward may be serving customers, and the infection was confirmed on 11th of this month, and a rich contact person of a man in his 30s who was using the slot corner of a pachinko parlor in the city Was inspected as.

In each of the Higashi Wards, a couple in their 20s was attending the same funeral as a woman in her 60s who worked at a medical institution in Chuo Ward when infection was confirmed on 14th of this month. Among them, it was revealed that Daishi Bank is an employee working at Joetsu Consulting Plaza for her husband and Niigata Nippo has been working for the readers at the head office for his wife.

In Niigata prefecture, the number of confirmed infections in 6 people per day exceeded the number of 4 people in 2 days last month, the highest number ever.

This has increased the number of infected people from 50 to 53. On the other hand, 31 people were discharged.