Regarding influenza, which is feared to be a simultaneous epidemic with the new coronavirus, the number of cases reported in the week until December 20 is 70 people nationwide, 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 20 was 70, an increase of 13 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 21 prefectures in the previous week to 24 prefectures.
According to the National Institute of Infectious Diseases, there are about 10,000 to 100,000 reports every year at this time of year, which is significantly less than usual.