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Ibaraki Prefectural Office
The prefecture of Ibaraki and the city of Mito announced on the 31st that 63 new people were infected with the new coronavirus. The total number of infected people in the prefecture is 4,818.
The breakdown of places of residence is 8 in Toride, 5 in Mito, Kasama, 5 in Tsukuba, 4 in Yuki, Joso, Tsuchiura, 3 in Chikusei, Bando, Ushiku and Itako.
In a social assistance center for the elderly in the city of Bando, where a group (group of infected people) may have occurred, a total of two employees between 30 and 40 years old have recently been infected. There were a total of 13 people infected.
Six of the eight people in the city of Toride are technical trainees in their 20s and 40s who work in the same office, and the infection may have spread in the workplace or in their daily life.
At a school in the city of Ishioka, two teachers were found to be infected. So far, two faculty members and a student have been infected at school and 20 people have been tested at school. The school will be temporarily closed until February 1.
Of the 63 newly infected people, 46 are already known to have close contact with infected people. Suspicious routes of infection include 29 people in the acquaintance / family, 9 people in the workplace, and 6 people in the workplace or acquaintance / family.
The prefecture and the city of Mito announced that 76 people had been discharged from the hospital. The total number of people discharged from the hospital was 3,920. (Chihiro Hosaka)
