The average number of patients per medical institution in the week to the 3rd of this month is 1.1, which is 2.75 times higher than the previous week. The Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare said, "The infection has spread nationwide and has been on the rise for two consecutive weeks, and since it is winter and it is the time of the spread of infection, we would like you to continue infection control measures."

According to the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare, the number of new corona patients reported by about 3,1 medical institutions nationwide in the week to the 5000rd of this month increased by 2084,1 from the previous week to 3583,1.

In addition, the average number of patients per medical institution was 2.75, which was 1.18 times higher than the previous week.

This is the second consecutive week of continued increases from the previous week.

By prefecture, in descending order
, Hokkaido has 2.6 people, Yamanashi Prefecture has 82.6 people, Nagano Prefecture has 39.5 people, Niigata Prefecture has 78.4 people, Fukushima Prefecture has 33.4 people
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In the week ending March 04, the number of newly hospitalized patients reported by about 3 medical institutions nationwide was 1,500, an increase of 1022 from the previous week.

The Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare said that "the infection has spread nationwide and has been on the rise for two consecutive weeks.

Average number of patients per medical institution (by prefecture)

▽ Hokkaido 6.82 people ▽ Yamanashi Prefecture 6.39 people ▽ Nagano Prefecture 5.78 people ▽ Niigata Prefecture 4.33 people ▽ Fukushima Prefecture 4.04 people ▽ Nara Prefecture 3.58 people ▽ Aichi Prefecture 3.45 people ▽ Iwate Prefecture 3.38 people







▽ Gifu Prefecture 3.37 people ▽ Ishikawa Prefecture 3.17 people ▽ Ehime Prefecture 3.1 people ▽ Gunma Prefecture 3.09 people ▽ Ibaraki Prefecture 3.04 people ▽ Toyama Prefecture 2.98 people ▽ Yamagata Prefecture 2.93 people






▽ Saitama Prefecture 2.92 people ▽ Oita Prefecture 2.84 people ▽ Yamaguchi Prefecture 2.84 people ▽ Tochigi Prefecture 2.84 people ▽ Shizuoka Prefecture 2.79 people ▽ Tottori Prefecture 2.79 people ▽ Wakayama Prefecture 2.78 people






▽ Kagawa Prefecture 2.74 people ▽ Kagoshima Prefecture 2.74 people ▽ Hiroshima Prefecture 2.71 people ▽ Kyoto Prefecture 2.58 people ▽ Aomori Prefecture 2.57 people ▽ Mie Prefecture 2.41 people ▽ Miyazaki Prefecture 2.41 people






▽ Shiga Prefecture 2.35 people ▽ Chiba Prefecture 2.3 people ▽ Akita Prefecture 2.25 people ▽ Kumamoto Prefecture 2.23 people ▽ Hyogo Prefecture 2.18 people ▽ Okayama Prefecture 2.17 people ▽ Fukuoka Prefecture 2.03 people






▽ Saga Prefecture 1.95 people ▽ Tokyo 1.89 people ▽ Osaka Prefecture 1.82 people ▽ Kochi Prefecture 1.82 people ▽ Miyagi Prefecture 1.78 people ▽ Tokushima Prefecture 1.78 people ▽ Fukui Prefecture 1.74 people






▽ Nagasaki Prefecture 1.67 people ▽ Kanagawa Prefecture 1.6 people ▽ Shimane Prefecture 1.53 people ▽ Okinawa Prefecture 1.35 people