106 people infected in Ibaraki prefecture 100 people for 3 consecutive days Tsuchiura secondary school group totaled 43 people: Tokyo Shimbun TOKYO Web

Ibaraki prefecture announced on the 16th that a man in his 70s who was receiving medical treatment at a center for the elderly in the prefecture had died. The 42nd person died in the prefecture. In addition, the prefecture and the city of Mito announced that 106 new people were infected. The number of newly infected people exceeded 100 for the third day in a row. The total number of infected people in the prefecture is 3,723.

The breakdown of the place of residence is 8 in Tote City, 7 in Ryugasaki City, 6 in Hitachi and Mito, 5 in Tsuchiura, Tsukuba, Hitachinaka, Yuki, Moriya, Bando, Chikusai, Joso and Kawachi, etc. ..

In relation to the private high-level basketball club in the city of Tsuchiura where a cluster (group of infected people) occurred, other activities of the club using the same facilities and other schools that participated in the tournament held in the city of Mito on 9 of this month. The number of infected people has spread and, as of the 16th, there are a total of 43 people, including those announced outside the prefecture.

At other cluster outbreak facilities, a staff member was recently infected at the Hitachinaka City Nursing Home for the elderly, bringing the total number of people infected at the facility to 56. Two new users were infected at the social assistance center for the elderly in Chikusai city, bringing the total number of infected people in the center to 15.

At Mito Red Cross Hospital (Mito city), where there are a number of infected people, it was recently discovered that two hospitalized patients aged between 80 and 50 were infected. A total of 12 people have been infected at the hospital.

The prefecture and the city of Mito announced that 87 people were discharged from the hospital. On the other hand, a man in his 60s, who announced on the 13th that he had finished his home medical treatment, had symptoms of fever and should be treated again. The total number of people discharged from the hospital, excluding this man, was 2,717. (Mikinari Miyao, Keiji Dekita)