Saitama Announces plan to secure beds according to the number of patients New Coronavirus June 2 18:52
For the treatment of patients with the new coronavirus, Saitama Prefecture has newly announced a plan to gradually secure the number of beds required in the prefecture in preparation for the "second wave" of the spread of infection.
This was announced by Governor Ohno at a regular conference on the 2nd. Saitama prefecture currently has a total of 602 beds in the prefecture to treat patients with the new coronavirus, but in the future, the number of beds to be secured will be set in three stages according to the number of infected people. I will.
According to the prefecture, the first stage of phase 1 is 240 beds, the next phase 2 is up to 600 beds, and the country has a peak for patients in the prefecture. It is supposed to secure a floor.
With the decrease in the number of new patients in the prefecture, the usage rate of beds is only about 9% as of the 1st, so the prefecture decided to reduce the number of beds to be secured nearby, but in the future If the number of infected people increases due to the waves and the bed utilization rate exceeds 50% of the number of beds in Phase 1, it means raising to Phase 2.
Governor Ohno said, "We would like to create a system that can secure the beds with a sense of speed so that we can cope with the risk of the next re-expansion."