Confirmation of infection with the new coronavirus in Tokyo has decreased compared to the 8th of last month when the period of emergency declaration began, but the number of critically ill patients has remained at a high level, and the declaration has been extended in Tokyo. In that case, we would like to continue requesting restaurants to shorten their business hours to further curb the spread of infection and significantly improve the medical care provision system.
In Tokyo, the 7-day average of confirmed infections has decreased from 1460 on the 8th of last month, when the period of emergency declaration began, to 818 on the 1st.
On the other hand, the number of inpatients was
▽ 3178 on the 8th of last month
,
▽
2899 on the 1st of this month, and the number of
seriously ill patients was
▽ 129 on the 8th of last month and
133 on the 1st of this month
, leading to a tight medical care provision system. The numbers have remained at a high level.
Governor Koike said on the night of the 1st, "It has been suppressed considerably with the cooperation of everyone," while saying, "If the behavior changes, the virus will spread again. This is the point to stop." He realized that it was important.
If the state of emergency is extended, the Tokyo Metropolitan Government will continue to request restaurants to shorten its business hours until 8:00 pm based on the government's policy to further spread the infection. We would like to suppress it and make a significant improvement in the medical care provision system.