Overview

• Fukui Prefecture reported 139 new COVID-19 cases for Sept. 29–Oct. 5, down 43 from the previous week, marking a fourth consecutive weekly decrease.
• The average number of COVID-19 cases per sentinel clinic in Fukui was 3.56 based on reports from 39 designated institutions.
• Erythema infectiosum (fifth disease) in Fukui totaled 49 cases from 25 sentinel sites, up four week over week, with a per-clinic rate of 1.96 that remains below the local warning level of 2 for a third straight week.
• Pertussis cases in Fukui fell to four, down two from the prior week, with two patients under age 10, one in their teens, and one in their 40s.
• In Fukuoka Prefecture for the same week, fifth-disease warnings continued for the 21st consecutive week with 148 cases, while influenza cases reached 242 and COVID-19 cases fell to 512, or 4.20 per reporting institution.