The nationwide infection status of the new coronavirus is 1.7 cases per medical institution in the week to January 1, which is 1.6 times higher than the previous week. The Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare says, "The gradual increase trend continues nationwide, and a certain amount of infection has been seen in the winter, so we hope that infection control measures will continue to be thorough."

1.6 people per medical institution, 96.1 times more than the previous week

According to the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare, the number of new coronavirus patients reported by about 1,7 medical institutions nationwide in the week ending January 1 increased by 5000,6048 from the previous week to 3,4035.

In addition, the average number of patients per hospital was 1.6, 96.1 times higher than the previous week.

This is the seventh consecutive week of increases from the previous week.

By prefecture, in descending order
, ▼ Gifu Prefecture has 2.7 people ▼ Nagano Prefecture has 15.23 people ▼ Aichi Prefecture has 12.61 people ▼ Ibaraki Prefecture has 12.4 people ▼ Fukushima Prefecture has 12.27 people



. In 11 prefectures, there is an increase from the previous week.

Due to the impact of the Noto Peninsula earthquake, five of the 29 medical institutions in Ishikawa Prefecture that are supposed to report the number of new corona patients did not report, but Ishikawa Prefecture had 40.48 cases, an increase from the previous week.

In the week ending January 5, about 8 medical institutions nationwide reported 44,1 new hospitalized patients, an increase of 7 from the previous week.

The Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare (MHLW) has commented on the nationwide epidemic situation, saying, "The trend of gradual increase continues nationwide, and a certain amount of infection infection has been seen in the winter, so we would like you to continue to thoroughly implement infection control measures such as hand washing and ventilation."

Average number of patients per medical institution (by prefecture)

▼ Gifu 15.23 people ▼ Nagano 12.61 people ▼ Aichi 12.4 people ▼ Ibaraki 12.27 people ▼ Fukushima 11.29 people ▼ Oita Prefecture 11.02 people ▼ Kumamoto Prefecture 10.84 people ▼ Hokkaido 10.42 people







▼ Tokushima 9.35 people ▼ Tottori 8.97 people ▼ Saga 8.46 people ▼ Ishikawa 8.44 people ▼ Kagawa 8.11 people ▼ Yamanashi 8.07 people ▼ Shizuoka 7.78 people ▼ Iwate 7.72 people







▼Nagasaki-ken: 7.54 people▼Chiba-ken: 7.49 people▼Miyazaki-ken: 7.45 people▼Kochi-ken: 7.45 people▼Fukuoka-ken: 7.44 people▼Okayama-ken: 7.42 people





▼Akita-ken: 7.14 people
▼ Shiga Prefecture 7.0 people ▼ Mie Prefecture 6.81 people ▼ Toyama Prefecture 6.56 people ▼ Saitama Prefecture 6.47 people ▼ Ehime Prefecture 6.34 people ▼ Tochigi Prefecture 6.32 people ▼ Gunma Prefecture 6.18 people






▼ Hiroshima 6.04 people ▼ Wakayama 6.02 people ▼ Aomori 5.98 people ▼ Kyoto 5.93 people ▼ Shimane 5.74 people ▼ Yamaguchi 5.66 people ▼ Kagoshima 5.66 people ▼ Niigata 5.62 people







▼Miyagi Prefecture 5.43 people ▼ Nara Prefecture 5.36 people ▼ Hyogo Prefecture 4.87 people ▼ Okinawa Prefecture 4.78 people ▼ Osaka Prefecture 4.72 people ▼ Yamagata Prefecture 4.49 people ▼ Tokyo 3.38 people






▼Kanagawa3.34people▼
Fukui3.26people