Chiba Prefecture announced on the 29th that three men and women in their 80s to 90s or older who had been confirmed to be infected with the new coronavirus died, and one of them revealed that they were infected with the mutant virus. did.
This is the second death of a person infected with a mutant virus in the prefecture.
According to the prefecture, the person who died after being infected with the mutant virus was a man in his 80s who was using a facility in the prefecture where the mutant virus cluster occurred, and the mutant virus infection was confirmed in the middle of this month.
The man was hospitalized and treated at a medical institution, but died on the 25th of this month.
So far, 47 people have been confirmed infected with the mutant virus in Chiba prefecture, and the second person has died.
In addition, two men and women in their 80s and 90s and above were announced to die on the 29th, bringing the total number of deaths to 563.