Screenshot showing graph of transition of COVID-19 patient numbers per monitored medical facilities (nationwide for Japan, data current as of July 24, 2026) from Ministry of Health, Labor, and Welfare weekly report with vertical axis showing number of patients per medical facility for the week shown on the horizontal axis. July 13 to July 19, 2026, showed an increase to 2.12 cases per medical facility. (Total monitoring site cases rose from 7,006 to 7,921). From April 7, 2025, with the start of Acute Respiratory Illnesses (ARI) monitoring, the number of COVID-19 monitoring stations has changed and the Ministry urges care to be taken when interpreting the data.
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