Kitakyushu City Outbreak of new infections in nursing homes New corona May 30 4:19
In Kitakyushu City, 26 new people were confirmed to be infected with the new coronavirus on the 29th, and a total of 69 people were confirmed infected in Kitakyushu City for the 7th consecutive day. The city says that a mass infection has newly occurred in a special elderly nursing home in the city, and we would like to thoroughly identify and inspect concentrated contacts for each group of such infected people and prevent the spread of infection.
According to Kitakyushu City, the number of newly confirmed infections was 26, including one junior high school student, in both teens and 90s.
Of these, 10 are staff and residents of the special elderly nursing home "Wakaba" in Hachimansai Ward, and the total number of people who have been infected at this facility by 29th has reached 12 in total. The city is reporting a new outbreak at the facility.
In addition, at the Kitakyushu General Hospital in Ogura Kita Ward, where outbreaks have already been confirmed, a total of 9 new infections, including medical staff and inpatients, have been confirmed. Is now 14 people.
The city intends to prevent the spread of infection by thoroughly identifying and testing concentrated contacts for each group of those infected. However, of the 26 confirmed infections in Kitakyushu on the 29th, 6 did not know the transmission route, and 27 of the 69 confirmed infections in the last 7 days did not know the transmission route. Hmm.
For this reason, Kitakyushu City is urging citizens to continue their efforts to prevent infections and to refrain from going out unnecessarily and urgently.
On the other hand, Fukuoka Prefecture has decided to continue requesting leave until 18th of next month because of the high risk of infection for restaurants and live houses with entertainment in Kitakyushu.
Infection status after 23rd
In Kitakyushu City, no infection was confirmed for 23 consecutive days until last Friday.
However,
▽ Since infection of 3 people was confirmed on Saturday (23rd),
▽ Sunday (24th) 3 people,
▽ Monday (25th) 6 people,
▽ Tuesday (26th) 2 people,
▽ Infection was confirmed on Wednesday (27th), 8 persons on
Thursday (28th),
and 26 persons on Friday (29th), 26 persons,
for a total of seven consecutive days, for a total of 69 persons. The transmission route of 27 of these is unknown.
Looking at each region, the number of people confirmed to have been infected in this week extends to all seven wards in the city,
▽ 15 in Ogura Minami Ward and Hachiman Nishi Ward , ▽ in Ogura
Kita Ward There are 13 people,
8 in Moji Ward,
4 in Wakamatsu
Ward, 3 in Tobata Ward,
and 2 in Hachimanto Ward.
In addition,
in Yukuhashi City, Fukuoka Prefecture , there are people who work at hospitals and nursing homes in Kitakyushu City, and those who have been confirmed by a PCR test performed by the city by being transferred to or visiting a medical institution in the city. There are three people,
▽ two people in Shimonoseki City, Yamaguchi Prefecture , ▽ one person in ▽
Naka City, Fukuoka City, Chikata City, Chikage County, Onga County.