The number of influenza patients nationwide decreased slightly from the previous week to an estimated 319,000 in the week ending on the 26th of last month.

However, the number of patients per medical institution has exceeded the ``alert level'' level, which is said to have the potential for a major epidemic, for five consecutive weeks, and experts continue to call for caution.

According to the National Institute of Infectious Diseases and other sources, the number of influenza patients reported by about 5,000 medical institutions nationwide in the week ending on the 26th of last month was 55,873, a decrease of 6,228 from the previous week. .



The number of patients per week per medical institution was 11.32, which was lower than the previous week for the second consecutive week, but exceeded the "alert level" level of 10 for the fifth consecutive week.



In addition, the estimated weekly number of patients nationwide is approximately 319,000.

The number



of patients per week per medical institution was


48.17 in Ishikawa Prefecture


, 41.37 in Iwate Prefecture,


and 33.16 in Fukui Prefecture,


exceeding the "warning level" of 30 people


.


There are 29.85 people in the prefecture


, 18.89 in Kyoto


, 17.72 in Saga


, and 17.40 in Oita, and


21 prefectures have a "warning level" of 10 or more.



Professor Kazuhiro Tateda of Toho University, who is familiar with infectious diseases, said, "Nationally, it seems that the peak of the epidemic has passed, but in some areas the level of the warning level continues, so we still need to be careful." I'm here.