By the 25th, it was revealed that 33 residents and employees were infected with the new coronavirus in a serviced housing for the elderly in Saitama City, and the city has a group of infected people = a cluster. We are investigating the infection route as it has occurred.
According to Saitama City, the cluster occurred in "Eclacia Yono", a serviced housing for the elderly in Sakura Ward, Saitama City.
At this facility, after the infection of one resident and one employee was confirmed on December 22, a series of positives were reported.
On the 25th, 28 new cases of infection were announced, bringing the total to 33.
The city is closely watching for further spreads and is investigating the route of infection.
On the 25th, new infections occurred one after another at the facility where the cluster occurred, and according to the prefecture, 21 people including medical staff and inpatients were confirmed to be infected at Toda Chuo General Hospital in Toda City. There are now 76 people.
According to Koshigaya City, a total of 32 women have been confirmed to be infected at the special nursing home for the elderly "Campbell Home" in the city.
According to Kawagoe City, a total of 3 new residents and staff have been confirmed to be infected at a group home for the elderly with dementia in the city, bringing the total to 12.
One in twelve infected people has died at this facility.
It was announced on the 25th that 298 people were infected in Saitama Prefecture, including a new infection at a facility where clusters are occurring, and the number of infected people per day exceeded 251 on the 24th, 3 days. We have updated the record number in a row.
The breakdown is ▽ Saitama Prefecture announced 192 people, ▽ Saitama City 64 people, ▽ Kawaguchi City 21 people, ▽ Koshigaya City 16 people, ▽ Kawagoe City 5 people.
With this, a total of 12,761 people have been announced as infected in the prefecture.
In addition, Koshigaya City announced that one elderly woman who had been hospitalized in a medical institution in the prefecture was infected with the new coronavirus, and the infection was confirmed in the prefecture, and 193 people died. ..