Overview
- Saga reported 235 influenza cases for the week of Dec. 29–Jan. 4, equal to 10.6 patients per sentinel site.
- The previous week saw 957 influenza cases reported from 24 sites, indicating a sharp week-on-week drop.
- COVID-19 notifications totaled four for the latest week, down from seven in the prior report.
- Reports of infectious erythema (apple disease) fell to zero across 10 designated pediatric sentinel sites.
- The prefecture lifted the apple disease outbreak alert that had been in place for 22 consecutive weeks since August.