Mie prefecture announced on December 2 that 1,697 people in the prefecture (352 announced by Yokkaichi city) have been infected with the new coronavirus, and four men and women aged 80 or older (two of them) have died. A total of 304,064 people were infected in the prefecture and 584 people died.
According to the announcement, the breakdown of infected people by municipality is 352 in Yokkaichi city, 289 in Tsu city, 190 in Suzuka city, 152 in Kuwana city, 132 in Matsusaka city, 90 in Iga city, 81 in Nabari City and 80 69 in Komono, 58 in Inabe, 33 in Kameyama, 31 in Toin, 24 in Asahi, 18 in Kawagoe, 12 in Meiwa and Tamaki, 10 in Shima and Watarai 8 in Kiho Town, 7 in Toba City, 6 each in Owase/Kumano City and Kihoku/Mihama Town, 4 each in Odai/Minamiise Town and outside the prefecture, and 1 each in Kisomisaki/Taki/Taiki Town.
The number of patients hospitalized in the prefecture increased by 12 compared to the previous day to 231, and the number of seriously ill patients remained unchanged at 4. The bed occupancy rate was 44.2% and the number of seriously ill it was 8%.
