The nationwide infection status of the new coronavirus is 11.5 cases per medical institution in the week to November 1, which is 1.2 times higher than the previous week.
The Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare said, "The average number of patients per medical institution has been the lowest since the transition to Category 44, but there are concerns about the spread of infection in winter, so we hope that measures will continue in the future."
According to the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare, the number of new coronavirus patients reported by about 11,5 medical institutions nationwide in the week ending November 1 was 5000,2060, a decrease of 1,2065 from the previous week.
In addition, the average number of patients per hospital was 1.2, which was 44.0 times higher than the previous week.
This is the ninth consecutive week of decline from the previous week.
By prefecture, in descending order, ▽ Hokkaido has 85.9 people, Nagano Prefecture has 6.51 people, Yamanashi Prefecture has 5.84 people, Gifu Prefecture has 4.78 people, Aichi Prefecture has 4.28 people
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In 3 prefectures, it decreased from the previous week.
In the week ending November 51, about 42 medical institutions nationwide reported 11,5 new hospitalized cases, a decrease of 1 from the previous week.
The Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare has commented on the epidemic situation nationwide, saying, "The average number of patients per medical institution is the lowest since the new coronavirus was legally moved to Category 500 and is on a downward trend.
Average number of patients per medical institution (by prefecture)
▽ Hokkaido 6.51 people ▽ Nagano Prefecture 5.84 people ▽ Yamanashi Prefecture 4.78 people ▽ Gifu Prefecture 4.28 people ▽ Aichi Prefecture 3.51 people ▽ Fukushima Prefecture 3.33 people ▽ Ishikawa Prefecture 3.23 people ▽ Iwate Prefecture 3.14 people
▽ Akita Prefecture 3.06 people ▽ Gunma Prefecture 2.97 people ▽ Tochigi Prefecture 2.86 people ▽ Yamaguchi Prefecture 2.78 people ▽ Saga Prefecture 2.72 people ▽ Toyama Prefecture 2.69 people ▽ Tottori Prefecture 2.69 people
▽ Kagawa Prefecture 2.62 people ▽ Aomori Prefecture 2.6 people ▽ Ibaraki Prefecture 2.58 people ▽ Hiroshima Prefecture 2.52 people ▽ Miyagi Prefecture 2.49 people ▽ Ehime Prefecture 2.46 people ▽ Kumamoto Prefecture 2.44 people
▽ Okayama Prefecture 2.4 people ▽ Tokushima Prefecture 2.35 people ▽ Saitama Prefecture 2.31 people ▽ Wakayama Prefecture 2.29 people ▽ Yamagata Prefecture 2.21 people ▽ Shizuoka Prefecture 2.14 people ▽ Okinawa Prefecture 2.13 people
▽ Shiga Prefecture 2.1 people ▽ Niigata Prefecture 2.09 people ▽ Chiba Prefecture 2.05 people ▽ Kagoshima Prefecture 2.01 people ▽ Hyogo Prefecture 1.96 people ▽ Kyoto Prefecture 1.94 people ▽ Kochi Prefecture 1.86 people
▽ Miyazaki Prefecture 1.74 people ▽ Nara Prefecture 1.73 people ▽ Mie Prefecture 1.63 people ▽ Shimane Prefecture 1.63 people ▽ Fukuoka Prefecture 1.58 people ▽ Osaka Prefecture 1.54 people ▽ Tokyo 1.46 people
▽ Oita Prefecture 1.43 people ▽ Kanagawa Prefecture 1.41 people ▽ Nagasaki Prefecture 1.36 people ▽ Fukui Prefecture 1.26 people
Expert: "The number of infected people will increase again over the year-end and New Year holidays"
Atsuro Hamada, a specially appointed professor at Tokyo Medical University who is familiar with infectious diseases in Japan and overseas, said of the new coronavirus, "At this point, the spread of infection has subsided, but the epidemic itself is not over Japan Japan.