Number of influenza patients is significantly less than usual, but be careful at 20:28 on November 13
Regarding influenza, which is feared to be a simultaneous epidemic with the new coronavirus, the number of reported cases in the week up to the 8th of this month is 24, which is significantly lower than usual.
The National Institute of Infectious Diseases continues to call attention to future epidemics.
According to the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare, the number of influenza patients reported by about 5,000 medical institutions nationwide during the week up to the 8th of this month was 24, a decrease of 8 from the previous week.
Influenza is said to enter the "national epidemic period" when the number of patients per week per medical institution exceeds one in the whole country, but at this point it is far below 0.005.
The number of reported cases decreased by 5 from 16 prefectures in the previous week to 11 prefectures.
According to the National Institute of Infectious Diseases, there are reports of hundreds to 4,000 people at this time of year, which is a small number even this month.
However, the time when influenza enters a national epidemic varies greatly from year to year, so the National Institute of Infectious Diseases continues to call for attention to the epidemic situation.