New Corona 5 clusters in Kagoshima City 123 infected people in the prefecture[01/17 19:42]
The spread of the new coronavirus does not stop. In Kagoshima prefecture, 123 new infections were announced on the 17th. In addition, on the 17th, Kagoshima City announced that five new infected populations = clusters were announced, and the prefecture also announced that a cluster had occurred in Makurazaki City.
According to Kagoshima City, a total of 5 clusters were newly confirmed, 8 and 9 in 2 educational facilities, 12 in child welfare facilities, 9 in meetings, and 6 in business establishments.
According to the city, “I don’t know the details, but all the clusters have an unusually fast spread of infection, and microdroplet infection is occurring, so it seems that the infection is caused by highly infectious Omicron.”
As for the infection route this month, 48% of the cases were for meetings and dinners, and 17% were for domestic infections.
(Director, Kagoshima City New Coronavirus Infectious Disease Control Office, Takeshi Nishi) “It is necessary to return to infectious disease countermeasures such as masks, thoroughly ventilate, and avoid denseness.”
The City Board of Education has announced that some of the two elementary schools in Kagoshima City have been temporarily closed.
In addition, the prefecture held a press conference after 6 pm and announced that a cluster had occurred at the office in Makurazaki City and that five people had been infected.
In the prefecture, on the 17th, a total of 123 people were announced, including 66 people announced by the prefecture and 57 people announced by Kagoshima City. This brings the total number of infected people in the prefecture to 10,604.
On the other hand, the prefecture’s infection spread warning standard is currently level 1, but the index is getting worse as the infection spreads. As of the 15th, the bed usage rate of medical institutions was 20.5%, which exceeded the level 2 standard of 20%. This exceeds the standard for Tokyo to apply for priority measures such as prevention of spread.
The number of newly infected people per 100,000 population is 52.26, the number of recuperators per 100,000 population is 62.8, and the PCR positive rate in the last week is 12.1%, all equivalent to level 3. It has become.