Niigata Prefecture New Corona Infection confirmed by 5 new people in Niigata City Total 176 people in the prefecture October 8 15:15

Niigata City announced on the 8th that a total of five people, including a male civil servant in his 20s and a male group employee in his 40s, who all live in Gangnam-gu, have been confirmed to be infected with the new coronavirus.

All five are close contacts of men in their 50s whose infection was announced on the 7th.

A total of 176 people have been confirmed to be infected in Niigata prefecture.