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Number of flu cases tops million mark.

Yomiuri Shimbun/Daily Yomiuri

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Number of flu cases tops million mark

Yomiuri

The number of flu-stricken patients reached about 1.11 million in the week ending last Friday, an increase of about 400,000 from the previous week, according to figures compiled by the health ministry.

In the week starting Jan. 16, the number of patients suffering from influenza reported to the Health, Labor and Welfare Ministry from about 5,000 medical institutions was about triple that of a week earlier. The number of patients per medical institution during that period was 22.73 persons, up from 7.33 persons the week before, according to the ministry.

An official at the ministry has called for people …

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