Beds are becoming even tighter due to the spread of the new coronavirus infection.
As of December 8, five prefectures, including Hokkaido, Tokyo, and Osaka, exceeded the most serious "stage 4" indicators of infection status indicated by government subcommittees.
Of the four stages of infection with the new coronavirus indicated by the government subcommittee, in the most serious stage 4, the explosive spread of the infection may cause the medical care provision system to malfunction.
According to the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare, the national average of "maximum sickbed usage rate" as of December 8 was 32.7%.
It has increased by 2.6 points in a week.
By prefecture, ▽ Hyogo prefecture had the highest ratio at 68.9%, followed by ▽ Hokkaido at 55.1% and ▽ Kochi prefecture at 53.5%, both exceeding 50% of the stage 4 index.
* The bed usage rate for critically ill patients is 57.9% in Osaka Prefecture and 55% in Tokyo, which is also higher than the Stage 4 index.
In addition, a total of 19 prefectures had a bed usage rate that exceeded 20% of the “Stage 3” index, which could seriously hinder the medical care provision system.
(Yamagata prefecture, Ibaraki prefecture, Tochigi prefecture, Gunma prefecture, Saitama prefecture, Chiba prefecture, Kanagawa prefecture, Yamanashi prefecture, Nagano prefecture, Gifu prefecture, Shizuoka prefecture, Aichi prefecture, Mie prefecture, Nara prefecture, Okayama prefecture, Hiroshima prefecture, Ehime prefecture (Prefecture, Oita prefecture, Okinawa prefecture) If
you calculate only for the beds that can be used immediately, the usage rate will increase further in some areas, and the actual situation seems to be more serious.
* Severely ill patients are based on national standards.