(Last Updated 1100 JST 17/5/2021)

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Japan and the World

Population = 11th
Total Cases = 36th
New Cases = 16th
Active Cases = 25th
Critical Cases = 21st
Cases Per Million = 138th
Total Deaths = 39th
Deaths Per Million = 131st
Total Tests = 28th
Tests Per Million = 144th

Trends in Japan

(Daily change/weekly change)
Total Active = 78,874 (-1,008/-1,722)
New Cases Per Day (weekly average) = 5,677 (-177/-382)
Deaths Per Day (weekly average) = 107.43 (-1/+15)
Tests Per Day (weekly average) = 86,677 (-1,538/-1,683)
Positivity Rate (last 7 days) = 6.55%

Prefecture by Prefecture

Prefecture	All	Cases	Deaths	Tests	Mortality	+Test	Bed
Akita	669	654	8.8	11994	1.35	5.45	40.56
Aichi	39009	5212	88.5	81476	1.7	6.4	208.07
Aomori	1926	1471	20.6	28866	1.4	5.1	78.13
Chiba	35211	5657	104.9	92883	1.85	6.09	61.79
Ehime	2601	1877	46.2	53009	2.46	3.54	43.34
Fukui	978	1243	43.2	68889	3.48	1.8	24.85
Fukuoka	29216	5725	75.2	131025	1.31	4.37	204.99
Fukushima	4153	2170	67.9	108401	3.13	2	92.42
Gifu	7327	3604	69.8	103309	1.94	3.49	71.1
Gunma	7087	3592	56.3	76484	1.57	4.7	42.38
Hiroshima	7736	2719	39.4	113101	1.45	2.4	45.88
Hokkaido	29345	5450	172.2	108645	3.16	5.02	123.32
Hyogo	36985	6680	153.2	75979	2.29	8.79	192.31
Ibaraki	8884	3045	46.9	10721	1.54	28.4	43.01
Ishikawa	3129	2711	80.6	67104	2.97	4.04	85.97
Iwate	1178	920	30.5	50381	3.31	1.83	24.68
Kagawa	1743	1784	24.6	70573	1.38	2.53	97.36
Kagoshima	2808	1703	17	55296	1	3.08	50.16
Kanagawa	57249	6272	93	94344	1.48	6.65	67.9
Kochi	1144	1571	27.5	11871	1.75	13.24	11.41
Kumamoto	5116	2863	47	39477	1.64	7.25	90.26
Kyoto	14232	5453	75.1	89166	1.38	6.12	113.36
Mie	4361	2401	52.9	60470	2.2	3.97	95.7
Miyagi	8490	3638	32.1	55153	0.88	6.6	30.3
Miyazaki	2764	2504	22.6	32766	0.9	7.64	56.5
Nagano	4228	2013	34.3	75467	1.7	2.67	28.46
Nagasaki	2678	1943	34.8	73901	1.79	2.63	65.35
Nara	7277	5331	70.3	101289	1.32	5.26	84.71
Niigata	2773	1203	11.7	53560	0.97	2.25	50.19
Oita	2768	2372	27.4	109772	1.16	2.16	56.53
Okayama	5780	3007	35.4	56414	1.18	5.33	160.29
Okinawa	13621	9499	97.6	140780	1.03	6.75	141.65
Osaka	93370	10563	215.1	182258	2.04	5.8	327.97
Saga	2169	2604	18	53016	0.69	4.91	53.62
Saitama	41094	5660	104.4	111808	1.84	5.06	95.17
Shiga	4408	3120	48.8	81057	1.57	3.85	75.32
Shimane	414	597	0	30712	0	1.94	12.25
Shizuoka	7231	1954	35.1	86442	1.8	2.26	65.19
Tochigi	5782	2928	37.5	115091	1.28	2.54	32.28
Tokushima	1549	2049	71.4	65952	3.49	3.11	34.44
Tokyo	150925	11168	143.6	158206	1.29	7.06	86.83
Tottori	423	737	3.5	117566	0.47	0.63	6.74
Toyama	1465	1373	30	52221	2.18	2.63	16.27
Wakayama	2454	2546	36.3	38150	1.43	6.67	33.44
Yamagata	1681	1497	32.9	46128	2.2	3.25	45.51
Yamaguchi	2337	1663	36.3	65574	2.18	2.54	30.5
Yamanashi	1376	1648	22.8	43551	1.38	3.78	18.53

ALL = Total cases
CASES = Number of cases per million residents
DEATHS = Number of deaths per million residents
TESTS = Number of tests per million residents
MORTALITY = Percentage of cases resulting in death
+TEST = Percentage of positive tests
BED = Percentage of COVID-19 hospital beds occupied

Analysis

– Osaka has the highest rate of deaths per million and has conducted the most tests per million.
– Ibaraki has the highest positive test rate (28%) and has conducted the fewest tests (just 1% of its inhabitants).
– Approximately 95,000 tests are conducted each day.
– Tokushima has the worst mortality rate among patients testing positive.
– 8 prefectures have more Covid patients than Covid beds.

Data Sources

2015 Japanese Census (For prefectural population)
Covid19Japan (For daily cases and daily tests)
StopCovid19 (For hospital bed information)
Toyokeizai (For total cases, total deaths, total tests)
Worldometers (For Japan’s position in the world)