It was announced on the 6th that it was confirmed that 1057 people were newly infected with the new coronavirus in Chiba prefecture.
This is the first time that the number of newly infected people announced on the 1st in Chiba Prefecture has exceeded 1000, and the number of newly infected people has reached a record high for the third consecutive day.
The number of newly infected people has increased by 304 from Friday a week ago, and has exceeded the same day of the previous week for 30 consecutive days.
On the other hand, Chiba City announced on the 2nd of this month that one person who announced the infection will be excluded from the number of infected people because the medical institution withdrew the notification of the outbreak.
As a result, a total of 54,335 people have been confirmed to be infected in Chiba prefecture.
In addition, the death of a woman in her 70s who had been confirmed to be infected was announced, bringing the total number of deaths to 736.
As of the 5th, the number of seriously ill people in Chiba prefecture is 50, and the usage rate for 106 special beds for severely ill people secured in the prefecture is 47.2%.
In addition, there are 314 moderately ill patients who require oxygen administration.