Kanagawa 1 dead, 16 new infection confirmed New Coronavirus May 15 18:46
On the 15th, Yokohama City and Sagamihara City announced that 9 people including inpatients from 3 hospitals were newly confirmed to be infected with the new coronavirus.
According to Yokohama City, three inpatients in their 60s to 90s were infected at "Shonan Izumi Hospital" in Izumi Ward, Yokohama City.
The prefecture also announced on the 15th that a woman in her 50s as a nurse was infected at this hospital, which means that nurses and inpatients have been infected so far.
It means that the hospital is accepting new inpatients and suspending emergency services.
In addition, one inpatient was infected at "Makino Memorial Hospital" in Midori Ward, Yokohama, and one care worker was confirmed at "Genkikai Yokohama Hospital".
Of the 8 people announced by Yokohama City on the 15th, 2 people do not know the infection route.
On the other hand, according to Sagamihara City, it was newly confirmed that a woman in her twenties living part-time in the city was infected.
It is mild and the route of infection is unknown.
On the 15th, the prefecture and Kawasaki City announced 7 new infections, including the death of 1 person, and the number of new infections announced in the prefecture is now 16.
According to the NHK summary, the number of infected people announced in Kanagawa prefecture is now 1249, of which 64 have died.