China News Service, March 12th. According to the Japan Broadcasting Association (NHK), at 1pm local time on the 12th, local time, the Niigata City Government of Niigata Prefecture, Japan held a press conference. The mayor said that three new cases of new crown pneumonia were confirmed in the city .

According to reports, the three newly diagnosed people included a mother and son. The mother was 30 years old and her son was under 10 years old. It is reported that the mother and son were the family members of a 30-year-old male company employee who was diagnosed with new coronary pneumonia on the 10th.

In addition, there was a female company employee in her 30s among the confirmed patients.

At present, the number of confirmed cases of new coronary pneumonia in Niigata has increased to 14.