Regarding the infection status of the new coronavirus nationwide, the average number of patients per medical institution was 6.99 in the week ending on the 3rd of this month, which is 0.88 times the number of the previous week.
In addition, the number of influenza patients reported by medical institutions nationwide in the week ending on the 3rd of this month was 13.96 per medical institution, which was a decrease from the previous week for the third consecutive week.
Let's take a closer look at each infection situation.
Number of new coronavirus patients: 0.88 times the previous week
According to the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare, the number of new coronavirus patients reported by approximately 5,000 medical institutions nationwide in the week ending on the 3rd of this month decreased by 4,636 from the previous week to 34,488.
Additionally, the average number of patients per medical institution was 6.99, an increase of 0.88 times from the previous week.
This is the fourth consecutive week of continued decline from the previous week.
By prefecture, Miyagi prefecture had 13.16 people, Niigata prefecture 12.93 people, Yamagata prefecture 12.33 people, Iwate prefecture 11.07 people, and Ishikawa prefecture 10.31 people, making 42 prefectures. This is a decrease from the previous week.
In the week ending on the 3rd of this month, the number of newly hospitalized patients reported by approximately 500 medical institutions nationwide was 2,390, a decrease of 410 compared to the previous week.
Regarding the national epidemic situation, the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare says, ``The decreasing trend continues nationwide, and the winter peak of infections is thought to have passed. However, the spread of infections is likely to repeat, so we ask that you continue to take infection control measures.''
Number of influenza patients decreased for 3 consecutive weeks
According to the National Institute of Infectious Diseases and other sources, the number of influenza patients reported from approximately 5,000 medical institutions nationwide in the week ending on the 3rd of this month was 68,883, 13,858 fewer than the previous week. about it.
Nationwide, there were 13.96 new cases per medical institution, 2.8 fewer people than the previous week, marking the third consecutive week of decrease.
Looking at each prefecture, the number of patients per medical institution is 27.35 in Hokkaido, 24.85 in Ishikawa, 20.49 in Yamagata, 18.83 in Nagasaki, and 18.27 in Niigata. It has become a person etc.
Based on this data, the number of patients nationwide in the past week is estimated to be approximately 421,000, and the cumulative number of patients since September 4 of last year is estimated to be approximately 15,896,000.
In addition, an analysis of viruses detected in the last five weeks shows that "type B" influenza is the most common, accounting for 63%.
Expert: ``The number continues to decline, but it is still an epidemic''
Nao Ishida, vice president of Kurashiki Central Hospital and chairman of the Influenza Committee of the Japanese Society of Infectious Diseases, said, ``Influenza cases continue to decline, but the decline is much slower than before the outbreak of the new coronavirus. It was assumed that the number of cases would rapidly decrease from March to April and approach zero, but it is still at a level of more than 10 per sentinel, which corresponds to the ``advisory level'', and it can be said that it is still in an epidemic state. I hope everyone, including those who have been exposed to the virus, should be careful about infection control."