The average number of patients per medical institution in the week ending May 5 was 21.1, which is 1.3 times higher than the previous week. The Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare said, "Although it is at a relatively low level, the moderate increase trend continues, and the number of newly hospitalized people is increasing, so we would like to monitor the infection situation in the future."
According to the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, the number of new coronavirus patients reported by about 21,1 medical institutions nationwide in the week ending March 5000 increased by 4567,1 from the previous week to 7489,1.
The average number of patients per medical institution was 3.56, 1.35 times higher than the previous week.
This is the seventh consecutive week of increase from the previous week.
By prefecture, Okinawa had 7.10 people, Ishikawa had 8.6 people, Iwate Prefecture had 38.6 people, Niigata Prefecture had 32.6 people, and Yamanashi Prefecture had 11.5 people, increasing from the previous week in 68 prefectures.
In addition, 42,21 new hospitalizations were recorded nationwide in the week ending March 1, an increase of 3215 from the previous week.
The Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare (MHLW) has stated that the epidemic situation nationwide is "at a relatively low level, but it has been on a moderate upward trend since April, and the number of newly hospitalized people has increased, so we would like to monitor the infection situation in the future."
Average number of
patients per medical institution (by prefecture)
▼ Okinawa Prefecture is 1.10 ▼ Ishikawa Prefecture is 8.6 ▼ Iwate Prefecture is 38.6
/ Niigata Prefecture is 32.6 ▼ Yamanashi Prefecture is 11.5 people
▼ Hokkaido is 68.5
▼Gifu 44.4 ▼
Aichi 73.4 ▼Miyagi 51.4 ▼Ibaraki 5.4 ▼Saitama 46.4 ▼Nagano 42.4
▼Akita 4.4
▼Fukushima Prefecture 23.4 people ▼ Yamagata Prefecture 17.4 people ▼ Toyama Prefecture 14.4 people ▼ Chiba Prefecture 13.3 people ▼ Nagasaki Prefecture 99.3 people ▼ Tokyo Prefecture 96.3 people
▼ Nara Prefecture
53.3 people ▼Kanagawa Prefecture 33.3 people ▼ Tottori Prefecture 3.3 people ▼ Kagawa Prefecture 24.3 people ▼ Fukuoka Prefecture 17.3 people
▼ Tochigi Prefecture 09.3 people ▼ Kyoto Prefecture 07.2 people
▼ Gunma Prefecture 96.2 people
▼Oita Prefecture 87.2 people ▼ Aomori Prefecture 78.2 people ▼ Kagoshima Prefecture 75.2 people ▼ Hyogo Prefecture 64.2 people ▼ Ehime Prefecture 62.2 people ▼ Fukui Prefecture 61.2 people
▼ Mie Prefecture
49.2 people ▼Shizuoka 43.2 ▼
Osaka 38.2 ▼Miyazaki 36.2 ▼Kumamoto 31.2
▼Hiroshima 3.2 ▼
Yamaguchi 26.2
▼Okayama 21.2
▼Shiga Prefecture has 09.2 people▼Saga Prefecture has 07.2 people▼Wakayama Prefecture has 0.1 people▼Kochi Prefecture has 78.1 people
▼Tokushima Prefecture has 7.1 people▼Shimane Prefecture has 62.1 people