Suginami Ward, Tokyo, announced that two hospitals in the ward each had a cluster of 40 to 50 infected people.
Of these, at Kawakita General Hospital, infection of one staff member and two inpatients was confirmed on the 12th of this month, and the number of infected people continued after that, and by the 18th, 13 staff members and 27 inpatients totaled 40 people. Infection has been confirmed.
The hospital has stopped accepting new hospitalizations and emergencies.
The hospital has a dedicated ward for people infected with the new coronavirus, but this time the cluster occurred in another ward, and the relationship is low.
On the other hand, at Kawakita Maeda Hospital, infection of 4 staff members was found on the 15th of this month, and by the 18th, infections of 10 staff members and 46 inpatients were confirmed, totaling 56 people.
The hospital has stopped accepting outpatients since the 18th, and will respond to outpatients who need medicine by telephone.
In Suginami Ward, all hospitals are investigating the infection status by proceeding with PCR tests of staff and inpatients, assuming that a group of infected people = clusters have occurred in the hospital.