The Tokyo Metropolitan Government has announced that three new people have been confirmed infected with the mutant virus found in India, and one of them has died.
It is the first time in Tokyo that a person infected with this mutant virus has been confirmed dead.
In Tokyo, a total of three men in their 50s and one man in their 70s are infected with the delta strain of the mutant virus confirmed in India at a research institute and a private testing institute in Tokyo. We announced that we have newly confirmed that.
None of the three had traveled abroad.
Of the three, one man in his 50s died on the 9th of this month.
The man was hospitalized after developing the disease late last month and finding out that he was infected on the 3rd of this month.
The man had cancer.
The route of transmission in men is currently unknown.
It is the first time in Tokyo that a person infected with this mutant virus has been confirmed dead.
This brings the total number of people confirmed to be infected with this mutant virus to 66 in Tokyo.