The number of newly infected people of the new coronavirus announced on the 27th in Chiba prefecture was 258.
In the prefecture, new groups of infected people = clusters are occurring one after another in hospitals and the like.
Of these, at the Juntendo University Urayasu Hospital in Urayasu City, a total of 18 inpatients and staff have been infected so far.
According to the prefecture, there were three new infected people announced on the 27th, and 15 infected people had already been announced, but the work of the health center in charge became busy and the investigation for cluster certification was delayed. That is.
In addition, 17 new inpatients and staff have been confirmed at the "New Yachimata General Hospital" in Yachimata City, and at the "Kita Kashiwa Rehabilitation General Hospital" in Kashiwa City, inpatients and others have been confirmed. We found 6 people infected. The volleyball team of a business group belonging to the medical corporation that operates this hospital has already confirmed the occurrence of clusters.
In addition, at the paid nursing home for the elderly "SOMPO Care Sompo no Ie Soga" in Chuo-ku, Chiba City, 16 people including residents have been infected so far.
On the other hand, 6 new deaths were announced in the prefecture, and the number of infected people who died in the prefecture was 224.
Of these, in Kashiwa City, a man in his 70s who was hospitalized at the municipal Kashiwa Hospital where the cluster is occurring died on the 26th, and a woman over 90 years old in Sakaemachi was admitted to a facility for the elderly with a cluster. He died on the 24th of this month.
In addition, the prefecture announced that one person who was announced as an infected person on January 25 will not be included in the infected person because the medical institution withdrew the outbreak report, and the number of infected people announced in the prefecture is 20,000. There are 1119 people.