TOKYO, Oct. 27 (Xinhua) — The common variety of influenza sufferers per recurrently monitored medical establishment in Japan this week got here to 16.41, exceeding the alert stage of 10 for the second consecutive week, the well being ministry stated on Friday.
About 5,000 such designated services throughout the nation reported 81,160 flu instances, up greater than 26,000 from the earlier seven-day interval, the National Institute of Infectious Diseases stated.
The per-institution depend was highest in Ehime, at 39.90, exceeding the edge of 30 instances for native authorities to problem a warning.
Thirty prefectures surpassed the edge of 10 for an advisory, together with Chiba Prefecture with 29.39, Saitama 28.41, Fukushima 27.09 and Hyogo 23.36.
Meanwhile, the per-institution variety of COVID-19 an infection instances within the nation stood at 3.25 within the week by way of Sunday, down for the seventh consecutive week.