Kanagawa Prefecture and Yokohama City have revealed that a man in his 60s who had been treated at home after being infected with the new coronavirus died.
The prefecture has decided to verify the response because the safety of the man was not sufficiently confirmed.
According to Kanagawa Prefecture and Yokohama City, the person who died was a man in his 60s who lived alone in Yokohama City.
Infection with the new coronavirus was confirmed on the 3rd of this month, and the health center in Yokohama City was in good physical condition, and at the request of the person himself, he was treated at home and handed over to the prefecture.
The next night, when the person in charge of the prefecture confirmed by phone, the oxygen concentration in the blood was significantly lower than the normal value, but since he was able to talk, it may not have been measured accurately. I was observing.
However, after that, he could not be contacted, and a relative who visited the house on the 6th found a fallen man and was confirmed dead at the hospital.
The cause of death was viral pneumonia caused by the new corona, and according to the prefecture, the person in charge did not enter information such as the medical treatment period for men into the dedicated system, so the information was not shared and it was not possible to respond to home visits etc. It was.
In Kanagawa Prefecture, a man who was undergoing medical treatment at a hotel died last month, and Senichi Shinohara, the director of the Prefectural Medical Crisis Countermeasures Headquarters, said, "I am very sorry that this happened while working to prevent recurrence. I want to verify it. "