Flu cases remain at alert level in Japan
Friday - October 27, 2023 4:56 pm ,
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Flu cases remain at alert level in Japan
About 5,000 such designated facilities across the country reported 81,160 flu cases, up more than 26,000 from the previous seven-day period, the National Institute of Infectious Diseases said on Friday.The per-institution count was highest in Ehime, at 39.90, exceeding the threshold of 30 cases for local authorities to issue a warning, Xinhua news agency reported.Thirty prefectures surpassed the threshold of 10 for an advisory, including Chiba Prefecture with 29.39, Saitama 28.41, Fukushima 27.09 and Hyogo 23.36.Meanwhile, the per-institution number of Covid-19 infection cases in the country stood at 3.25 in the week through Sunday, down for the seventh consecutive week.--IANSint/khz
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