2022.07.07 18:39Nation

保育施設事故、５人が死亡　２１年、報告件数は過去最多―内閣府

　内閣府は７日、２０２１年に全国の保育所や幼稚園などで過去最多の２３４７件の事故が起き、５人が死亡したと発表した。死亡したのは、０歳が１人、１歳が２人、２歳が１人、５歳が１人。福岡県で５歳児が保育園の送迎バスに取り残され、熱中症で死亡するなどした。
　主な死因は、熱中症１人のほか、窒息１人、原因不明３人。発生時の状況は睡眠中１人、その他４人。施設別では、認可保育所が２人、認可外保育施設が３人だった。（2022/07/07-18:39）

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2022.07.07 18:39Nation

5 Die at Child Care Facilities in Japan in 2021

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The number of serious accidents at child care facilities in Japan hit a record high of 2,347 in 2021, with fatalities totaling five, the Cabinet Office said Thursday.
   The deaths involved one child aged under 1, two 1-year-olds, one 2-year-old and one aged 5.
   The 5-year-old died of heatstroke after being left behind in a nursery school bus in the southwestern Japan prefecture of Fukuoka.
   Of the remaining four, one died due to suffocation and the other three died of unknown causes.
   One of the five is reported to have died while sleeping.