In Chiba Prefecture, on the 8th, it was announced that 200 new people were confirmed to be infected with the new coronavirus.



The number of confirmed infections per day has reached 200 since February 6, the highest number since March when the second state of emergency issued in Chiba Prefecture was lifted.



A total of 41,463 people have been confirmed to be infected in Chiba Prefecture.



In addition, two new deaths have been announced for men in their 70s and older who have been confirmed to be infected, bringing the total number of deaths to 715.

The prefecture's first Indian-type (Delta strain) cluster

Chiba Prefecture announced that 17 people in their teens to over 90s were found to have been infected with the mutant virus "Delta strain" confirmed in India.



Of these, 9 men and women in their 20s to 60s work at the same office in the prefecture, and the number of people infected with "Delta strain" at this office is 15, and in Chiba prefecture, a group of infected people = cluster confirmed. Announced that it was done.



This is the first time that a cluster of this mutant virus has been announced in the prefecture.



Chiba Prefecture also announced that a man in his 80s, who announced he had died on the 8th of last month, was later found to have been infected with the "Delta strain."



This is the first time that deaths from this mutant virus have been announced.