New Corona Patients admitted to hospital more than quintuply in about 1 month Bed usage rate increased at 17:32 on August 4th

As of the 29th of last month, the number of hospitalized patients infected with the novel coronavirus reached 4034 nationwide, increasing more than 5 times in about a month, a summary of the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare found.

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The Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare has compiled the number of hospitalized patients nationwide as of the 29th of last month.

According to this, the total number of inpatients nationwide was 4034, which was 3338 more than the previous month's date.

Of these,
1250 inpatients in Tokyo, an increase of approximately 4.2 times as of the 1st of last month.
In addition,
▽ Osaka had 534 people, 20.5 times as of the last day of the month,
▽ Saitama prefecture had 243 people, tripled as of the last day of the month,
▽ Aichi prefecture had 195 people, 65 as of the last day of the month. doubles,
▽ Fukuoka Prefecture in 183 people, to 11.4 times the last month one day time,
▽ Hyogo Prefecture at 148 people, to 24.7 times the last month one day time,
▽ Kanagawa Prefecture with 145 people, at the time one day last month 2.8 times,
respectively.

Bed usage rate

As a result, the ratio of inpatients to the number of beds secured has also risen.

▽ Tokyo was around 37.9%, up 28.9 points from the 1st of last month.
▽ Osaka Prefecture was 42.5%, rising 40.5 points from the 1st of last month,
▽ Saitama Prefecture was 40.4%, rising 26.9 points from the 1st of last month,
▽ Aichi Prefecture was 39%, rising 38.4 points from the 1st of last month,
▽ Fukuoka Prefecture was 37.3%, increased by 36.9 points from the 1st of last month,
▽ Hyogo Prefecture was 22.7%, increased by 21.6 points from the 1st of last month,
▽ Kanagawa Prefecture was 7.3%, increased by 4.8 points from the 1st of last month.

Minister of Health, Labor and Welfare said in a conference after the Cabinet meeting on the 4th that "the number of beds is not in a tight condition for the country as a whole", and "even if beds are secured from the medical field, When it comes to acceptance, many people have to deal with it, and there are voices saying that the burden is increasing,” he said.