It was announced on the 18th that a total of 248 people were infected with the new coronavirus in Kanagawa prefecture.


The number of infected people announced on the 1st in the prefecture reached the 100 level for the first time in 12 days on the 17th, but exceeded 200 again on the 18th.


There are 29 fewer people than Tuesday a week ago.



In addition, Fujisawa City withdrew the man in his 50s who was announced as an infected person on the 14th of this month because it overlapped with the announcement by Kawasaki City.

Meanwhile, the death of a man in his 90s living in Yokohama was announced.


According to NHK's summary, the number of infected people announced in the prefecture is now 58,317, of which 859 have died.

Mutant virus 229 confirmed infection 1 Suspected mutant virus in India

Kanagawa Prefecture announced on the 18th that 229 new people were confirmed to be infected with the new coronavirus mutant virus, and one of them was suspected of being a mutant virus reported in India.



According to the prefecture, 229 men and women under the age of 10 to 90s were newly confirmed to be infected with the mutant virus, and all of them were confirmed to be infected with the new coronavirus from the end of last month to the middle of this month, and have already been announced. These are the people.



Among them, a man in his twenties living in the prefecture was confirmed to have a virus with a mutation called "L452R" reported in India, and it is suspected that he was infected with a mutant virus of the new coronavirus reported in India. That is.



According to the prefecture, this man is a close contact with a man in his 50s who was announced on the 13th of this month as the first person infected with the mutant virus reported in India in the prefecture.



There are no close contacts with men in their twenties announced on the 18th.



Other people are being tested for the virus that is spreading in which country.



This brings the total number of people confirmed to have been infected with the mutant virus in Kanagawa Prefecture to 1899.