Fukuoka Governor Hiroshi Ogawa revealed on April 14 that the prefecture would soon lease another hotel in Fukuoka City to accommodate some of the new coronavirus patients with no or mild symptoms. On the same day, local authorities announced 33 more confirmed COVID-19 infections, bringing the cumulative total to 409. The news included the third and fourth corona-linked deaths, both in their eighties, one a resident of Fukuoka City and another a resident of Itoshima City. Also, the first case of reinfection (involving an Iizuka-residing woman in her thirties) who tested negative on April 8 after recovering from her initial infection. Also, Itoshima City Hall will be closed today (April 15) for disinfection after the city found a confirmed case of one of its part-time workers. Sources: NHK, KBC, Yahoo
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