New Corona Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare Experts' Meeting Rapid spread of infection in some areas Concerns and evaluation August 6 23:00
A meeting of experts advising the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare on measures against the new coronavirus was held, and the situation was rapidly spreading in some areas such as Aichi Prefecture, Fukuoka Prefecture, and Okinawa Prefecture. They say that it is necessary to secure a sufficient medical care provision system such as expansion of hospital beds.
At the meeting held on the 6th, the effective number of reproductions, which shows the data on the number of patients each day when the patients were supposed to have an accurate indication of the infection status, and the average number of people infected from one infected person Based on this data, experts have compiled an assessment of the current spread of infection.
As a result, the number of infected people continues to increase nationwide, and it is rapidly expanding in some areas such as Aichi, Fukuoka, Okinawa, and it is close to the state of March and April, which is an alarming situation. I am.
With the increase in the number of hospitalized patients, the ratio of hospitalized patients to the secured beds is around 40% in Tokyo, Osaka, Aichi, Fukuoka, and Okinawa. There is a concern that the healthcare provision system will be tightened in some areas.
In addition, the number of tests such as PCR has increased by almost 50% to 127,700 in the whole country in the last week, while the "positive rate" of positive cases has risen to 6.7%. I will.
For this reason, it is necessary for the meeting of experts to secure a sufficient medical care provision system such as beds and accommodation facilities, and to establish a system that allows patients with a low risk of illness to receive home treatment properly.
“At today's meeting, there was an analysis that infections are protracted, and there is an urgent need for measures to reduce the number of new infections,” said Takaji Wakita.