Osaka 88 confirmed infections 41 of which were group infections at hospitals New Corona April 19 1:52
Osaka Prefecture announced on the 18th that 88 new cases of the new coronavirus have been confirmed. Forty-one of these are believed to have caused outbreaks in patients and healthcare professionals at hospitals in Ikuno-ku, Osaka.
According to Osaka Prefecture, 88 new infections were confirmed on the 18th, from teenage elementary school girls to women in the 100s, which was second only to 92 people on the 9th of this month as the daily infection confirmation. It became a lot.
Of these, 41 are 6 medical staff and 35 patients at "Namihaya Rehabilitation Hospital" in Ikuno-ku, Osaka. At least three people have been confirmed to have been infected by this hospital by the 17th, and the prefecture has decided to investigate the situation of nosocomial infections with the Cluster Countermeasures Team of the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare since the 19th.
Also, 33 of the newly confirmed infections do not know the route. Meanwhile, a woman in her 70s who had been confirmed infected on the 17th died.
With this, 1163 people have been confirmed infected in Osaka Prefecture and 10 people have died.