The number of influenza patients reported by medical institutions nationwide in the week ending on the 24th of this month was 14.08 per medical institution, a decrease of 3.18 from the previous week.
According to the National Institute of Infectious Diseases, the number of influenza patients reported from approximately 5,000 medical institutions nationwide in the week ending on the 24th of this month was 69,510, which is 15,652 fewer than the previous week. .
Nationwide, the number of new cases per medical institution was 14.08, a decrease of 3.18 from the previous week.
By prefecture, the number was
29.05 in Niigata, 29.04
in Toyama,
27.63 in Yamagata, 25.54
in Ehime,
and 24.31 in Hokkaido, making
39 prefectures the most. This is a decrease from the previous week.
Based on this data, the number of patients nationwide in the past week is estimated to be approximately 422,000, and the cumulative number of patients since September 4 of last year is estimated to be approximately 17.29 million.
In addition, an analysis of viruses detected in the past five weeks shows that "type B" influenza is the most common at 86%.