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KITAKYUSHU – Twelve people, including six elementary and high school students, tested positive for the novel coronavirus on May 31 in this southwestern Japanese city where infections continue to spread.
New cases of the coronavirus emerged in Kitakyushu, Fukuoka Prefecture, for nine consecutive days from May 23, and the number of newly discovered infections exceeded 10 per day for four consecutive days. A total of 97 people tested positive over the nine days.
According to the Kitakyushu municipal government, of the 12 newly infected people, ranging in age from 10 to 80 years old, a total of four boys and girls are students at the city-run Moritsune Elementary School in the Kokuraminami district of the city. They are classmates of another girl who tested positive on May 28. The Kitakyushu government will review cases assuming a cluster infection has occurred.
Three of the 12 newly infected are health workers in their 20s to 40s at Kitakyushu General Hospital in the city’s Kokurakita neighborhood, where a cluster infection has erupted – bringing the total number of infections to the city. hospital for 26 people.
The Kitakyushu government also announced the death of a woman in her 60s from the city’s Moji neighborhood, who was diagnosed with the new coronavirus on May 25, bringing the city’s total death toll to four.
(Japanese original by Takuya Inoue and Akiho Narimatsu, Kyushu News Department)
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