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Miyagi Prefecture and Sendai City announced on the 31st that 200 men and women between the ages of 10 and 90 were infected with the new coronavirus. This is the first time that the number of infections announced on Day 1 has reached 200. It far exceeded 171 people on March 24 and set a new record. It’s been two weeks since it issued its own state of emergency on the 18th, but the momentum of the infection’s spread has not abated.
The number of newly infected people is 123, which is the second highest in Sendai City, and 77, which is the highest number in 25 cities and towns other than Sendai. At present, the transmission route of 115 people (57.5%) is unknown.
The breakdown in addition to Sendai City is Natori City 11 people, Ishinomaki City, Tagajo City 8 people each, Kami Town 7 people, Tomiya City 6 people, Rifu Town 5 people, Iwanuma City 4 people, Shiogama City, Kesennuma City, Osato Town 3 people each, 2 people each from Osaki Town, Watari Town, Shibata Town, Nanagahama Town, Tomiya Town, Shiroishi Town, Kakuda Town, Higashi Matsushima, Yamamoto City, Ima City, Misato City, Minami Sanriku City, Zao City, Dai One each for Kawaramachi and Muratacho.
By the 31st, a total of nine employees and users were found to be infected at the liquor restaurant “Torihachi” in Ogawara city, and the prefecture determined that a cluster (group of infected people) had occurred. The name of the store was announced because there is a risk that it will not be possible to identify close contacts.
In the kindergarten of the city of Tagajo, three people, including the previously announced patient, were found to be infected and the prefecture clarified the type of business.
At 3:00 pm, the number of recuperators in the prefecture reached a record 1391. Of them, 161 were hospitalized, representing 66.8% of the 241 insured beds. The number increased to a maximum of 646 during hospitalization and adjustment of medical treatment destinations.
The cumulative number of infected people is 6,038 (3,969 in Sendai City). Of these, 4,493 have already been discharged or discharged from medical treatment.
