Saitama Kawaguchi 1 dead, 3 new infections confirmed New Coronavirus April 21, 20:08
Kawaguchi City, Saitama Prefecture, announced that a man in his 80s who had been confirmed to be infected with the new coronavirus died on the 19th. It does not disclose information such as the place of residence of a man or whether he was hospitalized. It is the 15th person who has been confirmed to be infected with the new coronavirus in Saitama Prefecture and has died.
In addition, Kawaguchi City announced that three men and women aged 70 to 90 in all living in the city were newly confirmed to be infected with the new coronavirus.
According to Kawaguchi City, women in their 70s are moderately ill, but the other two have mild or no symptoms.
Also, a woman in her 90s had been admitted to the Kawaguchi Industrial General Hospital, where multiple infected people have been confirmed so far, but the other two have no known route of infection so far. So the city is still investigating.
The number of infected people announced in Saitama Prefecture has now increased to 686.