Chiba Prefecture has revealed that it has found that the number of beds it can secure to accept patients with the new coronavirus is actually 42 less than the number previously announced.
Bed utilization was even tighter.
Chiba Prefecture has announced that the number of beds in the prefecture that can immediately accept patients with the new coronavirus is 1017 as of the 6th.
However, since November last year, when the number of beds started to increase due to the spread of infection, several medical institutions pointed out that "the number of beds actually in operation is smaller", and as a result of reconfirmation, The number of beds reserved was 975, which was found to be 42 less than the published figures.
In Chiba prefecture, the number of patients carried due to myocardial infarction etc. is increasing due to the season, and I knew that some hospitals could not secure the number of beds as planned, but I estimated that it could be secured by repeated adjustments, and it was planned. It is said that the numbers were added together.
As of the 6th, Chiba Prefecture had set the usage rate of beds that can accept patients immediately at 58.5%, but in reality it was 61%, which means that the degree of tightness was even more severe.
The prefecture says that it will not correct the usage rate so far, but says, "We will make efforts to announce it according to the actual situation."