A man in his 50s who was infected with the new coronavirus and was diagnosed with mild illness and was being treated at a hotel prepared by Kanagawa Prefecture died on the 11th.
The prefecture will investigate the cause of death and verify that there were no problems with the response.
According to Kanagawa Prefecture, the person who died was a man in his 50s who was confirmed to be infected on December 8 and was being treated at a hotel prepared by the prefecture from 9th.
According to the prefecture, the man had no specific illness and initially had fever and joint pain, but was diagnosed as mild.
On the 11th, there was no answer to the health observation conducted on LINE around 3 pm every day, and the nurse called several times but could not connect, so when I asked the room before 8 pm, a man was in bed It was found lying on top of it, after which it was confirmed dead at the destination hospital.
The cause of death is still unknown.
When the person in charge of the prefecture called the man on the morning of the 11th, the oxygen concentration in the blood was low and it was necessary to see a doctor according to the standards set by the prefecture, but he was suffocating. There were no complaints and no medical examination was conducted.
The prefecture says it will verify that there were no problems with the response.
Senichi Shinohara, director of the Kanagawa Medical Crisis Countermeasures Headquarters, said, "I would like to verify that the response was appropriate and consider necessary countermeasures."