Infection confirmation of 9 new males in Okinawa Prefecture to 110 people New Corona April 18 18:29

Okinawa Prefecture announced that 9 new men have been confirmed to be infected with the new coronavirus. The number of confirmed infections in Okinawa is now 110.

Okinawa Prefecture held a press conference on the afternoon of the 18th and announced that 9 new men in their 20s to 70s were infected.

Nine people are not seriously ill, four people living in Naha City, two people in Okinawa City, one in Urasoe City, one in the Nanbu Public Health Center and one in the Chubu Public Health Center.

Of these, 7 have no known route of infection at this time, and 110 have been confirmed to be infected in the prefecture.

Also, the prefecture announced that it will be possible to apply public insurance at 22 medical institutions from the 20th, so that inspections can be performed by inspection companies outside the prefecture without the intervention of a public health center and only at the discretion of the doctor.

As a result, the number of inspections, which is currently limited to about 100 per day, will increase.