Chiba Prefecture announced on the 25th that a new cluster of infected people has been confirmed in four locations, including hospitals and facilities for the elderly.
Of these, at "Chiba West General Hospital" in Matsudo City, Chiba Prefecture, 27 people, including 10 staff members and 17 inpatients, have been confirmed to be infected.
At this hospital, an infection was confirmed in a nurse in her twenties on the 16th of this month, and since then, tests have been conducted on staff and inpatients on the same floor.
According to Chiba Prefecture, two male inpatients in their 80s are seriously ill among those who have been confirmed to be infected.
In addition, at the Long-Term Care Health Facility "Sakae Care Center" in Sakae Town, 24 people including staff and residents were confirmed to be infected by the 25th.
Furthermore, at the facility for the disabled "Kashiwaien" in Ichikawa City, a total of 13 people in their 20s to 50s were confirmed to be infected by the 25th, and the facility for the disabled "Aomatsu Gakuen" in Ichinomiya Town. However, by the 25th, a total of 10 people in their 20s and 60s and residents were confirmed to be infected.
The number of newly infected people of the new coronavirus announced on the 25th in Chiba prefecture was 291.
In addition, two new deaths were announced, and the number of infected people who died in the prefecture was 213.