It was announced on the 15th that a total of 160 people were infected with the new coronavirus in Kanagawa prefecture.
The number of infected people announced on the 1st in the prefecture has fallen below 200 for 3 consecutive days.
In addition, the number of people decreased by 19 from Tuesday one week ago, and compared with the same day of the week one week ago, it fell below the previous week for three consecutive days.
Meanwhile, a total of six men and women in their 70s and 90s have been announced dead.
According to NHK's summary, the number of infected people announced in the prefecture is now 64,494, of which 930 have died.
Confirmed 136 cases of mutant virus infection
Kanagawa Prefecture announced on the 15th that it was confirmed that 136 people were infected with a mutant virus of the new coronavirus.
According to the prefecture, 136 men and women under the age of 10 to 80s were newly confirmed to be infected with the mutant virus, and all of them were confirmed to be infected with the new coronavirus from the middle of last month to the middle of this month. ..
Of these, 56 are suspected of being infected with a virus that has the "N501Y" mutation.
In Kanagawa Prefecture, a total of 4336 people have been confirmed to have been infected with the mutant virus.