On the 27th in Tokyo, it was newly confirmed that 245 people, the second largest number so far, are infected with the new coronavirus with the highly infectious "N501Y" mutation.
For the first time in Tokyo, clusters in elementary schools have been confirmed, and infection with the mutant virus is spreading.
According to the city, the number of newly confirmed infections on the 27th was 242 for men and women between the ages of 10 and 80, and 245 for 3 people of unknown age.
The number of people announced on the 1st is the second highest after the highest number of 257 people on the 22nd of this month, and the infection of the mutant virus is spreading.
By age group of 245,
6 were under 10 years old
,
28 were
teenagers, 75 were in their
20s, 52 were in their
30s, 29 were in their 40s, 29 were in their
50s
, and 9 were in their 60s.
There are 9 people in their 70s,
5
people in their
80s, and
3 people who don't understand.
Of the 245 people, 28 have been identified for infection routes, 13 in the facility, 9 in the home, and 2 in the workplace.
Of these, seven children were confirmed infected at the elementary school in the facility.
This is the first time that a cluster due to a mutant virus has been confirmed in an elementary school in Tokyo.
With this, a total of 1607 people have been confirmed to be infected with the mutant virus in Tokyo.
Two of them died.