It was announced on the 7th that a total of 173 people were infected with the new coronavirus in Kanagawa prefecture.
The number of infected people announced on the 1st in the prefecture continued to exceed 200 for 5 consecutive days, but on the 7th it was in the 100s again.
Compared to Monday a week ago, there were 34 more people, and compared to the same day a week ago, it was 6 days followed by 2 consecutive days, surpassing the previous week.
In addition, a total of three women in their 80s and 100s were announced dead.
According to NHK's summary, the number of infected people announced in the prefecture is now 62,987, of which 913 have died.
Confirmed infection of 87 mutant viruses
Kanagawa Prefecture announced on the 7th
that it was confirmed that
87 people were
infected with
a mutant virus of the new coronavirus
.
According to the prefecture,
87 men and women under the age
of
10 to 80s
were newly confirmed to be infected with the
new coronavirus, all of whom were confirmed to be infected with the new coronavirus from the middle of last month to the beginning of this month. is.
Five of these were confirmed to have been or suspected of being infected with a virus with the "L452R" mutation reported in India.
One of the five was a woman in her 60s who died at a prefectural lodging facility announced on the 4th of this month, and it was found that she was also infected with a virus with the "L452R" mutation. ..
In addition, two out of five are prefectural staff and staff who worked at hotels prepared by the prefecture as accommodation facilities for patients.
By the 7th, a total of 9 people, including nurses and prefectural staff, have been detected with the mutation virus reported in India, including these two people.
In addition, 47 out of 87 people announced on the 7th are suspected of being infected with a virus with the "N501Y" mutation.
In Kanagawa Prefecture, a total of 3563 people have been confirmed to have been infected with the mutant virus.