On the 25th, it was announced that a total of 200 people were infected with the new coronavirus in Kanagawa prefecture.
The number of infected people announced in the prefecture on one day has fallen below 300 for four consecutive days, 48 fewer than on Tuesday a week ago.
Meanwhile, Sagamihara City has announced the death of a woman in her 80s who lives in the city.
In addition, the prefecture corrected the number of infected men in their 90s announced on the 22nd of this month, saying that although the PCR test was positive, the subsequent test confirmed negative and the medical institution withdrew the outbreak report. did.
According to NHK's summary, the number of infected people announced in the prefecture is now 60,174, of which 871 have died.
In addition, Kanagawa Prefecture announced on the 25th that it was confirmed that 144 people were infected with a mutant virus of the new coronavirus.
According to the prefecture, 144 men and women between the ages of 10 and 110 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 end of this month, and 39 of them were confirmed to be infected with the virus with the "N501Y" mutation by screening tests. about it.
For other people, it is being tested in which country the mutant virus is spreading.
A total of 2542 people were confirmed infected with the mutant virus in Kanagawa Prefecture.