On the 24th, it was announced that a total of 219 people were infected with the new coronavirus in Kanagawa prefecture.
The number of infected people announced on the 1st in the prefecture has fallen below 300 for 3 consecutive days.
However, compared to the same day of the week a week ago, it was below the previous week's figure for eight consecutive days until the 23rd, but the 24th was 20 more than last Monday.
Meanwhile, Kawasaki City has announced the death of a man in his 70s.
According to NHK's summary, the number of infected people announced in the prefecture is now 59,975, of which 870 have died.
161 people infected with mutant virus
Kanagawa Prefecture announced on the 24th that it was confirmed that 161 people were infected with a mutant virus of the new coronavirus.
According to the prefecture, 161 men and women under the age of 10 to 90s were newly confirmed to be infected with the mutant virus.
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 6 of them were confirmed by screening tests to be suspected of being infected with the virus with the "N501Y" mutation. about it.
For other people, it is being tested in which country the mutant virus is spreading.
In addition, the prefecture has tested 862 cases, which is about 40% of the confirmed infections with the new coronavirus, in the week leading up to the 16th of this month.
As a result, 672 cases of mutant virus were confirmed, and the ratio was found to be 78%.
By the 24th, the total number of people confirmed to have been infected with the mutant virus in Kanagawa Prefecture was 2,398.