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The number of influenza patients per medical facility in Japan in the week to February 3 has dropped from the previous week in all 47 prefectures in the country, the health ministry said.
The average number of influenza patients (about 5,000) in regularly monitored medical facilities across the country fell to 43.24 from 57.09 the previous week, the highest level since the beginning of the survey. April 1999, announced Friday the ministry.
The total number of flu patients in the country during the week is estimated at 1,669,000, down 557,000 from the previous week.
The decline indicates that the peak of the epidemic has pbaded. But a ministry official said the number of patients was "still high, so attention is needed".
The average number of patients per facility exceeded the alarm threshold of 30 in all 47 prefectures, with the exception of Gifu, Wakayama and Kumamoto.
Saitama recorded the highest average (65.68), followed by Niigata (62.51), Miyagi (58.77), Chiba (56.89) and Oita (52.14).
Of influenza viruses detected in patients in the last five weeks, the Hong Kong type A strain accounted for the majority for the first time this season (53%), followed by the type A strain, which was Is prevalent worldwide in 2009 (46 percent, and type B, at 1 percent.
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