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TOKYO, Feb. 1 (Xinhua) – Japan's Ministry of Health, Labor and Social Affairs said on Friday that the country was plagued by an influenza epidemic and that a record number of patients had been diagnosed the week last.
According to the ministry, an average of 57.09 patients were diagnosed with influenza last week at each medical facility testing for the virus. The numbers collected from seven days to Sunday are the highest since the start of the 1999 virus data collection.
This figure is to be compared with a peak recorded last winter for settlements of 54.33, the ministry added, adding that about 2.23 million people had contracted the flu virus during the period of time. registration, an increase of about 100,000 cases compared to the previous week.
The ministry reported that 3,205 patients had been hospitalized because of influenza, of which 628 were in serious condition, with numbers comparable to last winter's peaks in 2,050 hospitalized patients, of which 379 were severe.
In total, there are an estimated 7.64 million people affected by the virus in the country, with data based on 5,000 designated medical institutions across the country collecting data for the government. Enditem
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