Research Article

Changes in the Step Counts of University Students Living in Hokkaido during the COVID-19 Pandemic

Table 4

COVID-19 policy in Hokkaido.

DateEvent and main policyNumber of persons testing positive per day in Hokkaido (monthly average)

January 28, 2020The first confirmed infective case in Hokkaido0.3
February 28, 2020State of emergency declaration by Hokkaido (ends March 19)2.4
April 8, 2020Intensive measures period (ends April 15)19.7
April 16, 2020First government state of emergency declaration (ends May 31)
October 28, 2020Intensive measure period (ends March 7, 2021)33.2
March 8, 2021Measures to prevent re-spread (ends May 7)61.3
May 8, 2021Semi-state of emergency by the government (ends May 15)444.8
May 16, 2021Second government state of emergency declaration (ends June 20)
June 21, 2021Semi-state of emergency by the government (ends July 11)112.4
August 2, 2021Semi-state of emergency by the government (ends August 26)399.5
August 27, 2021Third government state of emergency declaration (ends September 30)
October 1, 2021Measures to prevent respread16.5

Created based on excerpts from the government website [25].