Regarding influenza, which is feared to be a simultaneous epidemic with the new coronavirus, the number of cases reported in the week until December 6 is 63, which is significantly lower than usual.
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 until December 6 was 63, an increase of 17 from the previous week.
If the number of patients per week for influenza exceeds one in the whole country, it is said to be in the "national epidemic period", but at the moment it is 0.01.
The number of reported cases increased by 3 from 17 prefectures in the previous week to 20 prefectures.
According to the National Institute of Infectious Diseases, there are thousands to tens of thousands of reports every year at this time of year, which is significantly less than usual.