Due to the new coronavirus infection, the number of clusters etc. confirmed nationwide in the six days until September 25 was 397, decreasing for the fifth consecutive week.
Every week, the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare summarizes cases that local governments have recognized as clusters and cases in which two or more people were infected, based on news reports.
According to this, the total number of clusters confirmed nationwide in the six days until the 25th of this month was 397, a decrease for the fifth consecutive week.
By type of facility, the most common was
▽ "welfare facilities for the elderly" with 199 cases,
followed by
▽ "medical institutions" with 83 cases, and
▽ "schools, educational facilities, etc." with 60 cases.
In addition,
▽“child welfare facilities” such as daycare centers and
▽“welfare facilities for persons with disabilities” each accounted for 23 cases, and
▽“companies, etc.” included 6 cases.