Saitama 5 newly confirmed infections Nurses of outbreak hospital New Corona May 17 19:00
Saitama Prefecture announced that five new infections were confirmed for both men and women in their twenties to nineties, including one woman who was infected with the new coronavirus and was subsequently confirmed negative.
According to Saitama prefecture, a woman in her 30s in Ageo city was discharged on the 8th of this month after she was confirmed to be infected on the 24th of last month, but she was discharged on the 8th of this month, but her symptoms such as taste disorders have continued. As a result, after being tested, the infection was confirmed again.
The other four people are those who have been confirmed to have infected family members, two nurses and one inpatient at Tokorozawa Royal Hospital in Tokorozawa, where a mass infection has been confirmed in the hospital. is.
Since all five of them are in stable condition, the prefecture is investigating their behavior history.
The number of people infected with the new coronavirus announced in Saitama Prefecture has reached 985.