コロナ定点、４週連続減　新たな派生型主流に―厚労省

　厚生労働省は６日、全国約５０００の定点医療機関から１日までの１週間に報告された新型コロナウイルスの新規感染者数が計４万３７０５人だったと発表した。医療機関１カ所当たりの平均は８．８３人で、４週連続の減少となった。
　都道府県別では、愛知の１２．４０人が最多で、熊本（１１．３０人）、茨城（１０．７３人）と続いた。
　新しい変異株も広がっており、国立感染症研究所は、９日の週にはオミクロン株派生型「ＸＢＢ」系統から派生した「ＥＧ．５．１」が約７割を占めると推計した。ＸＢＢ系統と比べ、ワクチンなどで獲得した免疫を回避する可能性が高いという。（2023/10/06-17:07）

The number of new COVID-19 cases in Japan in the week through last Sunday decreased from the preceding week, marking the fourth consecutive week of decline, a health ministry report showed on Friday.
   In the reporting week, a total of 43,705 new cases were reported by about 5,000 regularly monitored medical institutions across the country. The average number of new cases per medical institution was 8.83.
   By prefecture, the average number was highest in Aichi, at 12.40, followed by Kumamoto, at 11.30, and Ibaraki, at 10.73.
   With new COVID-19 variants spreading in Japan, the National Institute of Infectious Diseases estimates that EG.5.1, an offshoot of the XBB lineage of the omicron coronavirus strain, will account for about 70 pct of new cases in the week from next Monday.
   EG.5.1 is more likely than the XBB lineage to evade immunity, including that acquired through vaccination, according to the institute.