Chiba Prefecture More than half of the dead are residents of nursing homes for the elderly New Corona April 28, 20:59
Chiba Prefecture revealed that 17 of the people who died in the prefecture so far from being infected with the new coronavirus were residents of two elderly care facilities with outbreaks.
In this month in Chiba prefecture, outbreaks of new coronaviruses have been confirmed in "Akiyama no Sato", Matsudo City, which is a health care facility for the elderly, and "Yuyu Ichikawa", Ichikawa City.
Chiba Prefecture has not been able to explain the exact number of people who died in the facility so far, but a press conference was held on the 28th and more than half of the 31 people who died in the prefecture so far, more than half, 17 people I made it clear that I was a resident of the facility.
According to this, in Akiyama-no-Sato, 13 of the 29 residents confirmed to have been infected have died so far.
Of these, 11 died in the facility and 2 died after being transported to a medical institution, all in their 70s or older.
In addition, of the 11 people who died in the facility, eight were those who did not want their families to extend their lives and two had consent to not be transported by emergency.
Currently, 12 people are still staying on-site and receiving treatment, and some are coordinating hospitalization.
On the other hand, in "Yuyu Ichikawa," out of 16 residents confirmed to have been infected, 4 men and women in their 80s or older died in the facility.
It means that many people originally have basic diseases such as cardiovascular system.
Chiba Prefecture says, "I want to call for thorough measures to prevent the spread of infections at these facilities any more."