Regarding the mutated coronavirus, the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare has announced that more than 10,000 people have been confirmed infected in Japan.
The number of infected people in the past week has exceeded 4,000, which is 1.8 times that of the previous week.
Municipalities across the country are extracting samples from some of the new coronavirus infections to see if they are infected with the mutant virus found in the United Kingdom, Brazil, South Africa, and the Philippines.
According to the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare, the local government reported that the mutant virus was detected in a total of 10,102 people nationwide from December last year to 27th this month.
The total number of infected people confirmed in the week up to the 27th was 4,186 in 43 prefectures, which is about 1.8 times that of the previous week.
By prefecture, Osaka had the highest number of 1066, followed by Tokyo with 916, Kanagawa with 297, Saitama with 221 and Aichi with 163.
In addition, as a result of analyzing the genes of more than 2,200 samples infected with the mutant virus so far, the first virus found in the United Kingdom was detected in 96% of people.
The Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare has stated that "in Kansai, it is estimated that the conventional virus has been replaced by a mutant virus," and is strengthening surveillance with the expectation that it will be replaced nationwide in the future.
Cumulative total for each prefecture
According to the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare, the prefectures and the number of people who were confirmed to be infected with the mutant virus by the inspection of the local government from December to 27 last year are as follows.
▽ Osaka prefecture 2045 people,
▽ Tokyo metropolitan area 1883 people,
▽ Saitama prefecture 563 people,
▽ Kanagawa prefecture 557 people,
▽ Hyogo prefecture 443 people,
▽ Aichi prefecture 380 people,
▽ Kyoto prefecture 328 people,
▽ 299 in Hokkaido,
274 in Chiba
, 252 in Nara
, 251 in Kagawa
, 248 in Ehime
, 213 in Fukuoka and Hiroshima
, 179 in Toyama,
▽ Mie prefecture 173 people,
▽ Okayama prefecture 145 people,
▽ Tokushima prefecture 138 people,
▽ Shizuoka prefecture 134 people,
▽ Gifu prefecture and Shiga prefecture 126 people,
▽ Ibaraki prefecture 116 people,
▽ Yamaguchi prefecture 98
people
People,
▽ 91 people in Niigata prefecture
,
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84 people in Gunma prefecture,
▽ 83 people in Wakayama prefecture,
▽ 62 people in Fukui prefecture,
▽ 61 people in Tottori prefecture,
▽ 58 people in Nagano prefecture,
▽ 57 people in Kumamoto prefecture ,
▽ 49 people in Miyazaki prefecture
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46 people in Kochi prefecture,
▽ 41 people in Yamanashi and Tottori prefectures, Oita prefecture,
▽ 29 people in Ishikawa and Okinawa prefectures,
▽ 27 people in Miyagi and Akita prefectures,
▽ 26 people in Kagoshima prefecture,
▽ 24 people in Saga prefecture,
▽ 19 people in Shimane prefecture,
▽ 15 people in Nagasaki prefecture,
▽ 5 people in Fukushima prefecture,
▽ 2 people in Iwate prefecture,
▽ 1 person in Aomori prefecture I am.
Since the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare collects these data through the system "HER-SYS" that aggregates information on infected persons, the number of people may differ from the announcement by the local government.
By age, the number of people in their 20s is the highest
The Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare has summarized the ages of 2179 people who have been confirmed to be infected with the mutant virus by the 26th of this month and whose genes have been analyzed by the National Institute of Infectious Diseases.
▽ Under 10 years old 129 people,
▽ Teens 243 people,
▽ 20s 515 people,
▽ 30s 252 people,
▽ 40s 279 people,
▽ 50s 260 people,
▽ 60s 178 people,
▽ There are 156 people in their 70s,
▽ 164 people in their 80s and over, and
▽ 3 people unknown.
Of these, 37 died in total, with
1 in their 40s and 1 in their
50s, 3 in their 60s
, 9 in their 70s
, and 23 in their 80s and above.