On the 5th, Osaka and Hyogo prefectures requested restaurants in the target area to open until 8:00 pm in response to the application of "priority measures such as prevention of spread".
The new coronavirus infections announced on the 4th in 2 prefectures and 4 prefectures in Kansai are 593 in Osaka, 211 in Hyogo, 63 in Kyoto, 40 in Nara, 14 in Wakayama, and Shiga. The total number of 13 people was 934, exceeding 900 for 5 consecutive days.
In Osaka, the number of infected people announced on Sunday was the highest ever, surpassing the number of infected people in Tokyo for 6 consecutive days.
In Hyogo, since the second state of emergency was lifted, it was the highest, along with the 31st of last month.
In addition, a total of four people were confirmed dead, three in Osaka and one in Hyogo.
In Osaka Prefecture, the "bed occupancy rate," which indicates how many beds can be hospitalized immediately, was 83.3% for critically ill patients as of the 4th, which has more than doubled in the past week.
In response to the application of "priority measures such as spread prevention" for one month from the 5th to the 5th of next month, Osaka and Hyogo prefectures have moved to Osaka, Kobe, Amagasaki, Nishinomiya and Ashiya. As a target area, we requested restaurants, etc. to open until 8:00 pm.
On top of that, in addition to prohibiting the entry of customers who do not accept wearing masks for no good reason, installing an acrylic plate or a sensor to measure the concentration of carbon dioxide in the store, refraining from using karaoke equipment, in Osaka We also requested that customers be informed that they should wear masks when eating.
Osaka and Hyogo prefectures are planning to strengthen measures such as conducting patrols to ensure the effectiveness of the measures.