Influenza continues to increase; number of new coronavirus cases decreases from last week. Fukuoka prefecture had the highest number of patients at 56.48, followed by Saga at 38.15, Kumamoto at 34.83, and seven prefectures exceeded the "alert level" of 30.
Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare said, ``It has started to decline for the first time since mid-November, but we need to keep an eye on whether this trend will continue''