Iwate Prefecture announced on the 2nd that it was confirmed that one person was newly infected with the new coronavirus.
The newly confirmed infection was a teenage male in Kamaishi City, and the prefecture analyzed the genome because it is a family living with three men and women who have been confirmed to be infected with the new mutant virus "Omicron strain". To find out if it is an Omicron strain.
The announcement of new infections in Iwate Prefecture has been announced for the second consecutive day, and the cumulative number of infected people has reached 3492.