Saitama Prefecture announced that it was newly confirmed that 15 men and women living in the prefecture were infected with the new coronavirus Omicron strain, which was the largest number confirmed in one day.
Since none of the 15 people have traveled abroad, the prefecture considers it to be a community-acquired infection.
According to Saitama Prefecture, 15 men and women under the age of 10 to 70s living in the prefecture were newly confirmed to be infected with the Omicron strain.
None of the 15 people have traveled abroad, and the prefecture considers it to be a community-acquired infection.
Two of them had an unknown infection route, and the other 13 had positive Omicron strains among their families and people who had dinner together, so the prefecture was infected from the year-end and New Year holidays. I think that has spread.
Of the 15 newly confirmed infections, 1 is asymptomatic and 14 have symptoms such as fever and sore throat, but are mild.
This is the highest number of Omicron strains infected in the prefecture per day.
This brings the number of confirmed infections with Omicron strains to 23 in the prefecture.
According to the prefecture, as of the 7th, no one was seriously ill.