Of the people who died at home last month, 47 people were found to be infected with the new coronavirus after death, 1.6 times the number of the previous month.
There is a possibility that some people may have suddenly changed their condition without noticing the infection, so the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare plans to secure an inspection system.
The Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare has compiled the results of doctors examining bodies of people who died at home or who may have died before being taken to a medical institution.
As a result, the total number of people who were found to be infected with the new coronavirus after dying in the last month was 47, an increase of 18 or 62% from the previous month.
As of last month, 80% of the total was confirmed in prefectures where emergency declarations were issued and priority measures such as spread prevention were applied, with 15 people in Osaka prefecture, followed by Tokyo. There were 9 people, 3 people in Saitama prefecture, 2 people in Chiba prefecture, Aichi prefecture, Kyoto prefecture and Hyogo prefecture, and 1 person in Miyagi prefecture, Ehime prefecture and Okinawa prefecture.
According to the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare, "I don't know the details of each person, but there is a possibility that some people may have died due to sudden changes in their condition without noticing the infection. I want to proceed with such things. "