Kawaguchi City and Koshigaya City are investigating the infection route in detail, assuming that a group of infected people = clusters have occurred at the Long-Term Care Health Facility in Kawaguchi City, Saitama Prefecture, and the support facility for the disabled in Koshigaya City.
According to Kawaguchi City, the cluster occurred at the Long-Term Care Health Facility "Old Health Negishi Care Center" in the city, after the infection of residents in their 70s was confirmed on the 1st of this month, the infection of residents and staff was confirmed. Confirmations were made one after another, and by the 12th, 6 people had been confirmed to be infected.
In addition, according to Koshigaya City, two new residents were confirmed to be infected on the 12th at a support facility for persons with disabilities in the city, and 10 people have been confirmed to be infected by the 12th.
Both Kawaguchi City and Koshigaya City are investigating the identification of close contacts and the infection route in detail, assuming that clusters have occurred.