New Corona PCR test number for one week is about 1.5 times higher than the previous week.

The number of PCR tests conducted nationwide in the week until the 2nd of this month was about 1.5 times that of the previous week, and the proportion of people who became positive also increased, a summary of the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare found It was.

The Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare expert meeting points out that "the capacity of inspection needs to be increased."

This was reported at a MHLW expert meeting held on the night of the 6th.

According to it, the number of PCR tests performed nationwide from 27th of last month to 2nd of this month was 127,700, which was 41,000 more than the previous week (41,138), or 48 % Increased.

The number of inspections was the largest in
▽ Tokyo, which increased 36% from the previous week to 32,605, and
then
▽ Osaka prefecture increased 42% from the previous week to 11,287,
▽ Fukuoka. The prefecture increased by 95% from the previous week to 13,12.

In the same period, 6.7% of people tested positive nationwide, an increase of 0.7 points from the previous week.

The highest percentage of positives was in
Aichi prefecture, which increased by 3 points from the previous week to 18.5%, and
then
▽ Osaka prefecture increased by 1.4 points from the previous week to 11.1%,
▽ Okinawa prefecture. , 9.5%, up 6.6 points from the previous week.
On the other hand,
▽ Fukuoka Prefecture was 7.4%, down 0.3 points from the previous week, and
▽ Tokyo was 7%, down 0.7 points from the previous week.

Takashi Wakita, chairman of the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare's expert meeting, said, “The number of tests has increased, but the proportion of positives has also increased, suggesting that the tests are not catching up. A support system is important."

The meeting also reported the ratio of hospitalized patients to the number of beds secured
, and as of the 29th of last month,
▽ Osaka prefecture increased by 18 points from the previous week, 42%,
▽ Saitama prefecture decreased by 1 point from the previous week, 40%,
▽ Aichi prefecture, increased by 18 points from the previous week, 39% ,
▽ Tokyo increased by 8 points from the previous week to 38%.