Comparing the average number of new coronavirus infections per week with the previous week, the number has been increasing nationwide since the end of the Golden Week holidays, and has increased in 39 prefectures from the previous week.



Based on the number of infected people announced by local governments in each region, NHK has summarized the trend of the average number of newly infected people per week compared to the previous week.

Nationwide

In Japan, the number of newly infected people was around 1000 per day until the beginning of March, but since then, the spread of infection has continued.



▽ The average of the week until the 22nd of last month was 1.28 times


that of the previous week, but on the 29th of last month, which entered the period of the state of emergency, the pace of increase slowed to 1.12 times that of the previous week, and


▽ On the 6th of this month, it decreased by 0.95 times.



This may be due to the fact that medical institutions were closed during the Golden Week holidays and the number of examinations decreased.



However, after the


Golden Week

holidays, on the

13th, the average number of infected people per week exceeded 6400 per day, 1.34 times that of the previous week, and it has started to increase again.

By prefecture

By prefecture, the average number of new infections per week has increased in 39 prefectures nationwide from the previous week, and the pace of increase has also increased in 35 prefectures from the previous week.

Area of ​​emergency declaration

The state of emergency has been declared in six prefectures: Tokyo, Osaka, Hyogo, Kyoto, Fukuoka, and Aichi.



[Tokyo]


Of these, the number of infected people in Tokyo began to increase around the end of March, and the number of infections did not decrease even after priority measures such as prevention of spread were applied at the beginning of last month.



▽ The 29th of last month, which entered the period of emergency declaration, was 1.14 times the previous week,


▽ The 6th of this month immediately after the

Golden Week

holidays was 0.94 times, showing a downward trend, but the


13th was 1.27 times again. Did.



The average number of people infected per week is over 930 per day.



[Osaka Prefecture] In Osaka Prefecture


, where the medical care provision system is in a critical situation, the pace of infection spread has begun to


slow

down after the "priority measures" were applied early last month.

On the 29th of last month, it was 1.00 times, and on the


6th of this month, it was 0.82 times.



However, the number of infected people has not decreased significantly, and on the


13th, it was 0.95 times, almost flat from the previous week.



The average number of infected people per week is about 880 per day.



[Hyogo Prefecture]


After applying the priority measures, the pace of infection spread gradually slowed down in Hyogo Prefecture

, and it is declining to


1.10 times on the 29th of last month


and 0.74 times on the 6th of this month. However, by the


13th, it has turned to an expansion trend again with 1.05 times.



The average number of people infected per week is over 400 per day.



[Kyoto Prefecture]


The pace of expansion in Kyoto Prefecture has gradually slowed since the end of


last month,


and it has been declining to

1.18 times on the 29th of last month

and 0.94 times on the 6th of this month.


However, on the


13th, it has expanded again to 1.04 times.



The average number of infected people per week is more than 130 per day.



[Fukuoka Prefecture] In


Fukuoka Prefecture, the number of infected people has been increasing since the beginning of last month.



▽ Weekly average until the 29th of last month is 1.80 times the previous week,


▽ 1.05 times on the 6th of this month with a long holiday,


▽ Weekly average until the 13th is about 490 people per day, 1.56 of the previous week The speed of expansion has doubled and increased again.



[Aichi Prefecture]


Aichi Prefecture, began increasing number of infected people number from the end of March,


▽ 1.29 times the one week average the previous week up to last month 29 days,


▽ this month across the large holiday 6 days almost 1.02 times Although it was flat, the


average number of people per week up to the 13th was about 540 per day, which is 1.83 times that of the previous week, showing a rapid spread of infection.

Areas to which priority measures are applied

In areas where "priority measures such as spread prevention" are applied, the pace of increase in infection tends to increase in the three prefectures of the Greater Tokyo Area, and infection is spreading rapidly in Okinawa, Gifu, and Hokkaido. I will.



[Kanagawa Prefecture]


Kanagawa Prefecture is not followed by a situation that does not decrease greatly even infected people number after the application of the "priority measures",


1 times the same as the one week average the week before ▽ until last month 29 days,


▽ large On the 6th of this month, with consecutive holidays in between, it was almost flat at 1.02 times.


However, the


average weekly number up to the 13th is about 290 people per day, which is 1.30 times that of the previous week, showing a tendency for the spread of infection.



[Saitama Prefecture]


Saitama Prefecture


▽ one week average of up to last month 29 days 1.07 times that of the previous week,


▽ in almost flat at 0.99 times this month 6 days,


1 week average per day 250 people more than up to the ▽ 13 days It is 1.27 times the previous week, which is also expanding.



[Chiba Prefecture] In


Chiba Prefecture,


▽ the weekly average until the 29th of last month was 1.03 times the previous week,


the average of the week until the

6th of this month was 1.03 times,


▽ the average of the week until the 13th was about 150 people per day. It has been almost flat at 1.09 times the week.



[Gifu Prefecture] In


Gifu Prefecture,


▽ the weekly average until the 29th of last month was 1.4 times the previous week,


▽ 1.24 times the 6th of this month,


▽ the weekly average until the 13th was about 120 people per day. The pace of infection is rising sharply, 2.01 times a week.



【Okinawa Prefecture】


In Okinawa Prefecture, the


weekly average until the 29th of last month was 0.73 times that of the previous week, and the average was


0.77 times that of the


previous week. It is 1.65 times the previous week.



[Mie Prefecture] In


Mie Prefecture, the


average weekly average until the 29th of last month was 1.38 times that of the previous week,


and on the 6th of this month after

the Golden Week

holidays, it was 0.77 times, but


until the 13th. The weekly average is about 45 people per day, 1.16 times the previous week.



[Ehime Prefecture]


Ehime Prefecture,


▽ 0.89 times the one week average the previous week up to last month 29 days,


▽ major holidays sandwiched this month 6 days but was a downward trend and 0.59 times,


1 up ▽ 13 days The weekly average is about 20 people per day, which is almost flat at 0.99 times the previous week.

Areas to which new priority measures are applied

These are the three prefectures to which the new priority measures will be applied.



[Gunma Prefecture] In


Gunma Prefecture,


▽ the weekly average until the 29th of last month was 1.63 times the previous week,


the average

of 1.40 times the 6th of this month,


▽ the average of the week until the 13th was 90 people per day, the previous week. The spread of infection continues at 1.34 times that of.



[Ishikawa Prefecture] In


Ishikawa Prefecture,


▽ the weekly average until the 29th of last month was 1.13 times the previous week,


▽ the


average of the week until the 13th

was 1.11 times on the 6th of this month after

the Golden Week

holidays.

With about 60 people per day, the pace of infection is increasing, 1.95 times that of the previous week.



[Kumamoto Prefecture] In


Kumamoto Prefecture,


▽ the weekly average until the 29th of last month was 1.82 times that of the previous week, and


▽ the


weekly average until the 13th

was 0.88 times on the 6th of this month after

the Golden Week

holidays.

The number of people per day is about 100, which is 2.34 times that of the previous week, showing a rapid spread of infection.

Subcommittee member "I can't see the effects of declarations"

Professor Kazuhiro Tateda of Toho University, a member of the government's subcommittee on measures against the new coronavirus, said, "Osaka Prefecture has finally begun to show a declining trend, but the number of infected people is still close to 1,000. At the stage, it is still difficult to evaluate it as a decrease. Tokyo has a clear tendency to increase along with neighboring Kanagawa and Saitama prefectures, and no definite decrease has been seen. Aichi prefecture and Fukuoka prefecture. Even in the prefecture, the number of newly infected people, which had decreased temporarily during the long holidays, is increasing again after the holidays, such as the rapid spread of infections nationwide, and I think that the effects of measures such as the declaration of an emergency are not visible. I want to. "



On top of that, "Because of the spread of highly infectious mutant virus, the number of cases of infection in the daytime, such as at work and school, is diversifying as well as at night eating and drinking places. It may be difficult to control. If there is no clear effect next week, we should discuss including the implementation of stronger measures. Further promotion of leave requests and telecommuting to stores in various industries It is necessary to reduce contact between people as much as possible, and to make decisions on the application of declarations and priority measures more quickly. "