Kanagawa Kawasaki and Chigasaki 17 new infection confirmed 1 dead New Corona July 29 16:17
Kawasaki City and Chigasaki City, Kanagawa Prefecture, announced that a man in his 80s who had been infected with the new coronavirus died, and 17 new men and women were confirmed to have been infected.
According to Kawasaki City, an infection was confirmed on the 13th of this month, and a man in his 80s living in the city who was hospitalized and continued to be treated died on the 27th.
The cause of death is new coronavirus infection.
In addition, 13 new infections were confirmed for both men and women in their 20s and 50s living in the city.
Among them, the woman in her 40s is a caregiver who works in a welfare facility in the city, and is a close contact with a caregiver of a colleague who has already been confirmed to be infected.
In addition, a male employee in his 30s and a female employee in his 20s are also close contacts of acquaintances and colleagues already known to have the infection.
The other 10 people do not know the transmission route.
Meanwhile, Chigasaki City also announced that four people, a man and woman in their twenties and a couple in their sixties, who live in the city, were newly infected.
Males and females in their 20s do not know the route of infection, and married couples in their 60s are considered to have domestic infections because a family living in another building on the same site is infected.
According to NHK's summary, the number of infected people announced in Kanagawa prefecture is now 2301, of which 99 have died.