According to a summary by the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare, more than 50 people died at home among those who were reported to be infected with the new coronavirus in the four months until the end of last month.
The Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare analyzed cases of infected people dying at home using a system that aggregates information on people infected with the new coronavirus from local governments and medical institutions nationwide, and announced it for the first time at an expert meeting on the night of the 9th.
According to the report, a total of 54 people died at home from February 1st to 30th of last month.
Forty-nine people have been confirmed to be of age, etc.
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1 person in their 20s, 30s, and 40s
▽ 2 people in
their
50s
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4 people in their 60s
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14 people in their 70s
▽ 26 people in their 80s and above was.
By prefecture,
▽ Osaka prefecture has 15 people
▽ Hyogo prefecture has 6 people
▽ Tokyo and Miyazaki prefectures have 3 people
▽ Chiba prefecture, Fukuoka prefecture, Ibaraki prefecture, Wakayama prefecture, Aichi prefecture, Hokkaido, Ehime prefecture,
etc. It has become.
Looking at the days of death,
▽ 5 people were reported infected
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23 people from the next day to 9 days later
▽ 11 people from 10 days to 19 days later
▽ 2 people 20 days or more.
Eight people were reported infected after they died.
Takaji Wakita, director of the National Institute of Infectious Diseases, who chairs an expert meeting of the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare, said, "This is the first data presented, so we need to further analyze it and discuss how to interpret it."