On May 12, the national government began to consider cutting Fukuoka and three other prefectures from the group of “special alert prefectures.” The number of weekly cases of COVID-19 infections in Fukuoka Prefecture decreased for the fifth straight week since the state of emergency was announced on April 7. The count per week is as follows; 197 (4/7 ~ 4/13), 148 (4/14 ~ 4/20), 100 (4/21 ~ 4/27), 27 (4/28 ~ 5/4) and 6 cases between 5/6 ~ 5/11. During the past week, six other prefectures in Kyushu and Okinawa failed to record any new cases of COVID-19 infection. Only Kumamoto Prefecture found one new case during the same period. On May 12, Fukuoka Prefecture announced one new confirmed case of the new coronavirus infection. The man, a resident of Kama City, reportedly developed symptoms on May 1 and worked at his barbershop until May 10. The transmission route of the case is unknown. Sources: Mainichi / NHK / Sankei / Fukuoka Prefecture
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