Shizuoka City revealed that an elderly man who died after being hospitalized after being infected with the new coronavirus announced on the 12th of this month was infected with the Omicron strain.

According to Shizuoka City, the man lived in the city and had a serious underlying illness, and died after being hospitalized after being confirmed infected with the new coronavirus.

Shizuoka City announced the death of a man on the 12th of this month, but on the 15th, it was revealed that the man was infected with the Omicron strain by genetic analysis.



According to the hospital's findings, the cause of death for men is likely to be exacerbation of the underlying illness.