Comparing the weekly average number of new coronavirus infections nationwide, it turned to an increase for the first time in about two months, and was higher than the previous week in 44 prefectures excluding Tokushima, Kagoshima, and Okinawa prefectures. increase.

Based on the number of infected people announced by local governments and the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare, NHK has summarized the trends in the average number of new infections per week compared to the previous week.

Whole country

Nationwide


▽ 0.71 times compared to the previous week in the week until September 22nd ▽


0.77 times on September 29th


▽ 0.70 times on October 6th


▽ 0.85 times on October 13th for


7 consecutive weeks However


, it increased to 1.22 times by October 20th.



The average number of new infections nationwide is about 34,000 per day, an increase of about 6,000 from last week, and is higher than the previous week in 44 prefectures except Tokushima, Kagoshima and Okinawa.

Yamagata Prefecture

Yamagata Prefecture has the highest number of infected people per population.The


week until October 6th was 0.84 times the previous week, but on

October


13th it increased to 1.07 times.


It is 1.41 times until the day, and it has increased further.



The number of new infections per day is about 646, and the number of infected people per 100,000 population is 423.49.

1 metropolis and 3 prefectures

[Tokyo]


▽In the week until October 6, it was 0.61 times the

previous


week


.


, and the number


of new infections per day is about 3277.



[Kanagawa Prefecture]


▽ 0.68 times the previous week for the week until October 6


▽ 0.75 times for October 13


▽ 1.11 times until October 20, and the


number of new infections per day is about 1863 It is



[Saitama Prefecture]


▽ 0.61 times the previous week for the week until October 6


▽ 0.79 times for October 13


▽ 1.13 times by October 20, and the


number of new infections per day is about 1532 It is



[Chiba Prefecture]


▽ 0.59 times the previous week for the week until October 6th


▽ 0.83 times for the week before October 13th


▽ 1.11 times for the week until October 20th, and the


number of new infections per day is about 1252 It is

Kansai

[Osaka Prefecture]


▽ 0.71 times the previous week for the week until October 6th


▽ 0.81 times for October 13th


▽ 1.25 times by October 20th, with


2473 new infections per day It is



[Kyoto Prefecture]


▽ 0.62 times the previous week for the week until October 6th


▽ 0.79 times for October 13th


▽ 1.09 times by October 20th, and the


number of new infections per day is about 461 It is



[Hyogo Prefecture]


▽ 0.64 times the previous week for the week until October 6th


▽ 0.81 times for October 13th


▽ 1.35 times for the week until October 20th, with


1209 new infections per day It is

Tokai

[Aichi Prefecture]


▽ 0.70 times the previous week for the week until October 6th


▽ 0.74 times for the week before October 13th


▽ 1.16 times for the week until October 20th, and the


number of new infections per day is about 1551 It is



[Gifu Prefecture]


▽ 0.84 times the previous week for the week until October 6


▽ 0.93 times for October 13


▽ 1.26 times by October 20, and the


number of new infections per day is about 664 It is



[Mie Prefecture]


▽ 0.75 times the previous week for the week until October 6th


▽ 0.77 times for the week before October 13th


▽ 1.15 times for the week until October 20th, and the


number of new infections per day is about 489 It is

Other regions

[Hokkaido]


▽ 0.79 times the previous week for the week until October 6th


▽ 1.04 times for the week before October 13th


▽ 1.42 times for the week until October 20th, and the


number of new infections per day is about 2942 It is



[Miyagi Prefecture]


▽ 0.85 times the previous week for the week until October 6


▽ 0.89 times for October 13


▽ 1.29 times until October 20, and the


number of new infections per day is about 747 It is



[Hiroshima Prefecture]


▽ 0.78 times the previous week for the week until October 6th


▽ 0.75 times for the week before October 13th


▽ 1.33 times for the week until October 20th, and the


number of new infections per day is about 1066 It is



[Fukuoka Prefecture]


▽ 0.77 times the previous week for the week until October 6


▽ 0.83 times for October 13


▽ 1.19 times until October 20, and the


number of new infections per day is about 1053 It is



[Okinawa Prefecture]


▽ 0.80 times the previous week for the week until October 6th


▽ 0.85 times for October 13th ▽ 0.80 times


by October 20th, with


263 new infections per day I'm here.

Expert "I can't judge whether it will lead to the 8th wave"

Professor Kazuhiro Tateda of Toho University, who is a member of the government's subcommittee on countermeasures against the new coronavirus, said about the current infection status, ``The trend of decline has continued nationwide so far, but it seems that the decline has stopped. However, it is also possible that the number of people reported temporarily decreased during the consecutive holidays last week, which may have had an effect. I can't decide yet," he said.



On top of that, ``As the autumn season is approaching, the number of tourists will increase, the opportunities for eating and drinking will increase, and the year-end party, Christmas, and New Year's party will overlap, and infection control measures will tend to loosen.Europe, Asia, etc. , Overseas countries have already seen a rapid increase in the number of infected people, and we must always keep an eye on when the 8th wave will come in Japan."



Also, regarding the fact that the interval between vaccinations for the new coronavirus vaccine has been shortened to ``at least 3 months'', ``After 3 months from vaccination, the corona vaccine is less effective in preventing infection, and the frequency of breakthrough infections is reduced. Shortening the vaccination interval is important in order to prevent the 8th wave from occurring as much as possible, and to ensure that even if it does occur, it will be a small wave. In the future, I think it will be necessary to take further measures to get them to do so."