The last announcement of the number of daily infected people will be on May 1, and the first announcement in "fixed point grasp" is scheduled for May 5. The current announcement based on the "total number tracking" will end on May 5, when it will transition to Class 8.

The number of deaths will no longer be announced every day and the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare will grasp trends based on "vital statistics" in the future. The first announcement will be the number. of infected people from May 1 to 5 on Friday, May 8.