Increase for 3 consecutive weeks.

Breaking News "Gunma Prefecture".

By AI of "Isesaki FM".

The number of hand, foot and mouth disease patients has been increasing for three consecutive weeks. Gunma Prefecture announced that the number of patients per medical institution in the week from the 2nd to the 8th was 5.45, an increase of 56.2% from the previous week. The highest number was in Tomioka with 16.0 patients, followed by Tatebayashi with 8.0 patients and Isesaki with 6.17 patients. The number has again exceeded the threshold for issuing an alert.