First mutant strain confirmed in Miyagi New infection, 100 people again | Kahoku Shimpo Online News / ONLINE NEWS



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Miyagi Prefecture announced on the 19th that it had detected a British mutant in a person infected with the new coronavirus. This is the first confirmation in the prefecture. The prefecture and the city of Sendai have announced that 100 men and women under the age of 10 to 90 have been infected with the new coronavirus. The number of people per day is the second highest in the past, the third digit from 17.
According to the prefecture, individuals infected with mutant strains developed in early March. Although he had no history of staying abroad or had been in close contact with an unknown number of people, he had a history of staying in the Tokyo metropolitan area 14 days before the start. A person in charge of the prefecture said: “It is unlikely that the person was infected in the prefecture.” The samples will be sent to the National Institute of Infectious Diseases and confirmed by genomic testing.
The prefecture conducted 242 mutant strain tests for positive samples last weekend, all of which were negative. As a result of continuing the test, a mutant strain was confirmed on the night of the 18th.
The breakdown of newly infected people announced on the 19th is 79 in Sendai, 3 in Tagajo, 2 each in Shiogama, Natori, Rifu, Osato and Matsushima, Tomiya, Osaki, Tome and Ishinomaki., Higashi Matsushima City, Watari Town , Yamato City, 1 person each outside the prefecture. Currently, the route of infection of 58 people (58.0%) is unknown.
Sendai City announced the name of the “Goddess” cabaret club store in 2-chome, Kokubun-cho, Aoba-ku, saying that it may not be possible to identify close contacts because the two residents tested positive. In a restaurant with other entertainment, three employees were found to be infected and the type of business was announced.
The number of infected people at the “Broadway” karaoke cafe in Wakabayashi Ward has risen to 18. Even at the two entertainment restaurants that already advertised the type of business and type of business, the number was 10 and 4 respectively. A person was confirmed to be infected in the Taihaku District Long-Term Care Insurance Division and Tomizawa Minami Children’s School in the same district.
According to the prefectural summary at 3:00 pm (excluding the one announced by Sendai City), there are 545 people receiving medical treatment in the prefecture. Of these, 79 were hospitalized, representing 32.8% of the 241 insured beds. The number of seriously ill people has dropped from one to three. The cumulative number of infected people is 4490 (2904 in Sendai City). Of these, 3,839 have already been discharged or discharged from medical treatment.

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