流行「７月末から下降続く」　新型コロナ、状況分析―厚労省助言組織

　新型コロナウイルス感染症対策を助言する厚生労働省の専門家組織「アドバイザリーボード」の会合が２日、開かれた。全国の感染者数を発症日ごとに分析した結果、７月末をピークに「（流行は）緩やかな下降が続いている」との見解をまとめた。
　１人の感染者が平均してうつす人数「実効再生産数」も分析。８月中旬時点で、東京、大阪、愛知各都府県で１を下回ったことが確認された。
　８月３１日までの１週間に全国で確認された累積感染者数は５２０９人。都道府県別では、東京１３８９人、愛知３０６人、大阪６４８人、福岡４２９人、沖縄２３２人で、いずれも２４日時点より減った。ただ、専門家による今月１日時点の推定では、福岡県と沖縄県で緩やかな増加傾向が認められ、注意が必要という。（2020/09/02-19:15）

The number of new COVID-19 infections in Japan is declining slowly after hitting a peak in late July, a health ministry advisory board has pointed out.
   The effective reproduction number, or the average number of people to whom an infected person transmits the disease, fell below one in each of Tokyo, Osaka and Aichi prefectures in mid-August, the board of experts confirmed at its meeting on Wednesday.
   In the week through Monday, the number of newly confirmed COVID-19 cases totaled 5,209, including 1,389 in Tokyo, 648 in Osaka, 429 in Fukuoka, 306 in Aichi and 232 in Okinawa. The prefectural figures were all down from the previous week.
   However, new infections are seen rebounding moderately in Fukuoka and Okinawa, according to estimates by the experts as of Tuesday.
   Meanwhile, the advisory board found that it is difficult at this moment to specifically assess the effects on the COVID-19 situation of people's movements during the country's Bon summer holiday period.