The variety of influenza sufferers nationwide elevated from the earlier week to an estimated 318,000 within the week ending on the twelfth of this month. The variety of sufferers per medical establishment has exceeded the “alert stage” stage, which is alleged to have the potential for a serious epidemic, for seven consecutive weeks, and specialists proceed to name for warning.
According to the National Institute of Infectious Diseases and different sources, the variety of influenza sufferers reported by roughly 5,000 medical establishments nationwide within the week till the twelfth of this month was 54,796, a rise of 4,561 from the earlier week.
The weekly variety of sufferers per medical establishment was 11.10, a slight improve from the earlier week and exceeding the “alert level” stage of 10 for 7 consecutive weeks.
In addition, the variety of sufferers nationwide per week estimated from that is about 318,000.
The variety of sufferers per week per medical establishment is
â–½ Iwate Prefecture has 26.03 folks
â–½ Toyama prefecture has 26.02 folks
â–½ 25.08 folks in Ishikawa prefecture
â–½ 18.49 folks in Fukui prefecture
â–½ Yamagata Prefecture has 16.70 folks, and many others.
In 27 prefectures, the “warning level” of 10 folks has been exceeded.
Professor Kazuhiro Tateda of Toho University, who’s acquainted with infectious illnesses, stated, “If it is a normal year, the number of infected people will decrease toward convergence, but it is worrisome that the level of the ‘warning level’ continues. I want you to be conscious of infection prevention and continue with basic infection control measures.”