2,400 new confirmed coronavirus in Japan… First outbreak of deaths by lawmakers

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While the spread of the novel coronavirus infection (Corona 19) in Japan continues, there have been cases in which an incumbent lawmaker suddenly died from the corona 19 infection.

According to the statistics of local public broadcaster NHK on the 29th, there were 2,400 new corona19 confirmed cases across Japan the previous day.

As of Monday, when the number of infected people was announced lower than other days due to the decrease in the number of corona 19 tests on the weekend, it was the highest for 4 consecutive weeks since the 7th.

The cumulative number of corona 19 confirmed cases in Japan has risen to 224,000.

The number of deaths increased by 51 the day before to 3,338.

Yuichiro Hata, the first incumbent congressman to die from Corona 19 in Japan

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It was also confirmed for the first time that an incumbent member of the National Assembly was infected with Corona 19 and died.

Member of the House of Councilors of the Constitutional Democratic Party (senator) Yuichiro Hata (53) died suddenly in a hospital in Tokyo on the 27th, and after his death, it was confirmed that he was infected with Corona 19.

According to the explanation of Constitutional Democratic Party Secretary Teturo Fukuyama the day before, Clinic Hata called a secretary on the 24th, saying that a close person had been tested positive for Corona 19. did.

It is said that the body temperature rose to 38.6℃ that night.

The next day, the 25th, I applied for a PCR test on the Internet, but two days later, an appointment was made for the afternoon of the 27th.

As the secretary drove to the hospital to get the test on the day, the secretary drove to the hospital, and when his breathing became rapid, he said, “Is it pneumonia,” and the conversation stopped.

The secretary stopped the car, called an ambulance and transported it to the University of Tokyo hospital, but was found dead.

Clinic Hata is known to have had underlying diseases such as diabetes, hyperlipidemia, and high blood pressure.

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