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Updates onCOVID-19 in Japan
May 8th, 2020 Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare
PCR tested positive
Currently in hospitalAlready discharged from hospital
Death
15,547(+95)11,434(-339) 5,906(+760)
557(+6)
Hospitalization and discharge
PCR tested positive(in hospital in Japan) Currently in hospital
Already discharged from hospital
Death
6728 651
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PCR tested positive(in hospital in Japan) Currently in hospital
Already discharged from hospital
Death
16,219(+95)11,442(-339) 6,557(+760)
570(+6)
From severe to moderate/mild symptoms 33
As of 6PM, May 7,2020【Domestic cases】
【Cases at the Cruise ship】
【Total】
The number in parentheses indicates the change from the previous day.
From severe to moderate/mild symptoms 107
From severe to moderate/mild symptoms 81
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The trend of No. of confirmed casesAs of 6PM, May 7, 2020
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222248
330365
381
266
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521
563
683673
558
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22-Jan 29-Jan 5-Feb 12-Feb 19-Feb 26-Feb 4-Mar 11-Mar 18-Mar 25-Mar 1-Apr 8-Apr 15-Apr 22-Apr 29-Apr 6-May
Cumulative No. of confirmed cases: 15,547Cumulative No. of death cases: 557
253 356
2,458 2,267
2,443 2,555
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1,496 1,536
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PCR Tested Positives by age
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As of 6PM, May 7, 2020
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Total Number of PCT Test Positive: 15,382 people
Cases by age
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As of 6PM, May 7, 2020
Death Rate(%)
0 0 0 2 8 1644
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2.6 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.3 0.6 2.5 6.8 14.8
6Source: “Analysis of the Response to the Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) and Recommendations (As of May4), Expert Meeting on the Novel Coronavirus Disease Control
Number of Patients who need ventilator in Japan
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ECMO装
着数(人)
Number of Patients requiring ventilator Number of Patients with ECMO installed(No ofPeople) (No of
People)
0.2 0.3 0.4 0.5 0.8 7.3 15.331.9 36.2
45.3 51.0
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14 389 246 108 6,115
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21,678 23,627
27,359 23,822 23,317
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Deaths per 100,000 peopleTotal Deaths
Number of Deaths in each country and region
Source: “Analysis of the Response to the Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) and Recommendations (As of May4), Expert Meeting on the Novel Coronavirus Disease Control
1022762
744
16031147
655
505892
13691373
14891016
6291143
1587
1411
1551
1966
1496
566
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1749
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643
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844
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2273
1914
2140
2278
2541
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Test capacity Tested cases
〇 Capacity to conduct PCR tests for novel corona virus has been increasing.〇 As of now, more PCR test capacity is secured than the actual number of conducted tests.
Total number of tested cases: 306,667 (2/18-5/6)
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Novel Corona Virus Test: Capacity and the number of cases tested per day
187.8882.9 911.8
1,198.0
1,708.1 1,752.3
2,224.5
3,043.5 3,159.0
4,484.5
236,984599,339 595,154 614,197
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Test number per 100,000 people
Total test number
Number of PCR Tests Conducted in each country and region
Source: “Analysis of the Response to the Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) and Recommendations (As of May4), Expert Meeting on the Novel Coronavirus Disease Control
1.8%
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PCR Test Positive Rate in each country and region
PCR Test Positive Rate
Source: “Analysis of the Response to the Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) and Recommendations (As of May4), Expert Meeting on the Novel Coronavirus Disease Control
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PCR Test is set to be covered by National Health Insurance( March 6)
PCR Test Positive Rate and Number of PCR Tests Conducted
Source: “Analysis of the Response to the Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) and Recommendations (As of May4), Expert Meeting on the Novel Coronavirus Disease Control
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Shift to a system that carry out tests which doctors consider necessary, promptly and reliably for suspected patients, including mildly ill patients.
1. Strengthen the system of public health centers and local public health institutes, and reduce their labor burden
2. Revitalize the prefectural coordination headquarters 3. Further establishment of regional outpatient/inspection center4. Secure personal protective equipment, sample collection kits, and inspection kits5. Conduct training of sample collector and quality control of PCR testing at newly
introducing organizations6. Ascertain the PCR test system, and monitor and announce the number of tests
and positive rate
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Further responses(“Analysis of the Response to the Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) and Recommendations (As of May4),
Expert Meeting on the Novel Coronavirus Disease Control)
Regions where the number of new infections is limited
Regions where the infection situation
is severe
Outlook for Novel Coronavirus Disease Control (Projection)- Until (1) there is a prospect for preventing severe symptoms with early diagnosis and development of treatment
methods, or (2) effective vaccination is developed, it is necessary to prioritize preventing the spread of infections while balancing this with socio-economic activities.
- In regions where infections are limited and necessary medical care is secured, counter-infection measures can be relaxed to a certain degree, transition to a "new lifestyle" designed to prevent the spread of infections will be promoted, and the appearance of new infections will be controlled to a certain level with efficient counter-cluster measures. At the same time, it will be pursued to enhance the capacity of medical care systems. If infections begin to spread once again, a "request for thorough behavior modification" will be made.
Num
ber of new infections
"New lifestyle"
Prevent spread of infections by popularizing and continuing a "new lifestyle"
Regions where the infection situation is severe Regions where the number of new infections is limited
:Number of future infections (projection) :Number of infections if no measures are taken (projection)Time
Request for thorough behavior
modification Development of treatment methods
from early diagnosis, to prevention of
severe symptoms
Development of vaccines
"New lifestyle"
Rapidly reduce the number of new infections by request for thorough
behavior modification
Strict measures
Reference 1
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Future Policy for Novel Coronavirus Disease Control
- In regions where the number of new infections is limited, the "request for thorough behavior modification" will be relaxed, and a "new lifestyle" will be popularized and continued. If another outbreak does occur, a "request for thorough behavior modification" will be made (while considering the following points).
The following points are required in the "new lifestyle"- Securing the 3Cs, physical distance and basic measures to prevent infection (e.g. wearing masks, washing hands).- Establishing guidelines for business operation based on the framework presented by the expert meeting.
for Behavior Modificationfor Behavior Modification
- Full support for public health centers.- Early implementation of contact tracing by utilizing ICT.
for Efficient Counter-Cluster Measuresfor Efficient Counter-Cluster Measures
- Develop systems for better coordination to share functions among medical institutions and secure lodging facilities, etc.- Establish a system that can respond to a sudden increase in infections.- Visualize the situations of delivering medical care in each prefecture.- Expand the capacity of PCR and other tests.
for Medical Systemfor Medical System
- Treatment methods, medications, vaccines, and severity markers.- Early diagnosis and treatments by rapid diagnostic test kits to prevent severe symptoms.
for Development of Treatment, etc.for Development of Treatment, etc.
Switch to a "new lifestyle"
Increase the capacity
Enhance the capacity of counter- cluster measures
Expedite the process
- Schools:, it is important to secure learning opportunities by restarting school activities while reducing risks. - Parks: it is also necessary to consider how to manage parks.
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