{"id":155611,"date":"2023-07-28T14:23:28","date_gmt":"2023-07-28T05:23:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/?post_type=news&#038;p=155611&#038;lang=en"},"modified":"2023-07-28T14:23:28","modified_gmt":"2023-07-28T05:23:28","slug":"fukuoka-authorities-alert-as-covid-19-cases-spike","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/news\/fukuoka-authorities-alert-as-covid-19-cases-spike\/","title":{"rendered":"Fukuoka Authorities Alert as COVID-19 Cases Spike"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Fukuoka Prefecture in Japan has reported a significant rise in new COVID-19 cases as per the weekly survey till July 23. The weekly average of infected individuals per medical institution has surged to its highest yet, at 18.69 persons, which is 1.45 times higher than the previous week.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">COVID-19 case counts have been recorded weekly in some medical institutions similar to influenza, following a shift to a new categorization system in May this year. The number of confirmed cases gathered from 198 healthcare facilities in Fukuoka Prefecture over the week from July 17 to July 23 totaled 3,700, an increase of 1,140 from the previous week. <\/span><b>Source: <\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/www3.nhk.or.jp\/fukuoka-news\/20230727\/5010021350.html\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">NHK<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-155605\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/fnn_daimyo-garden-city-night_2023_WEB.jpeg?resize=1400%2C1050&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Fukuoka Authorities Alert as COVID-19 Cases Spike\" width=\"1400\" height=\"1050\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/fnn_daimyo-garden-city-night_2023_WEB.jpeg?w=1400&amp;ssl=1 1400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/fnn_daimyo-garden-city-night_2023_WEB.jpeg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/fnn_daimyo-garden-city-night_2023_WEB.jpeg?resize=1024%2C768&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/fnn_daimyo-garden-city-night_2023_WEB.jpeg?resize=768%2C576&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Stay informed with the latest Fukuoka &amp; Kyushu news and events in English. Sign up for our <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/mailmagazine\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">free weekly newsletter <\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">today and never miss a beat. Opt out anytime, your privacy is our priority. Get the inside scoop with <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/mailmagazine\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Now<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Summaries based on public content, errors may occur during translation. Images credited independently. Send feedback using <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/contact\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">this <\/span><b>form<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Fukuoka Prefecture in Japan has reported a significant rise in new COVID-19 cases as per the weekly survey till July 23. The weekly average of infected individuals per&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29305,"featured_media":155608,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","tags":[],"class_list":["post-155611","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","location-fukuoka-prefecture","news-category-general","en-US"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/155611","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/29305"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=155611"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/155608"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=155611"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=155611"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}