“Countermeasures without underestimating the number of people during consecutive holidays” Tokyo Metropolitan Monitoring Conference

A "monitoring meeting" was held in Tokyo, and experts said that the epidemic was rapidly replacing the highly infectious mutant virus, and that there was concern about the rapid spread of infection beyond the third wave, and the Golden Week holidays. He pointed out that it is necessary to continue thorough measures without underestimating, saying that the number of new positives after the Golden Week holidays will be affected by the decrease in medical institution holidays.

During the meeting, experts maintained the infection status and medical care provision system in Tokyo at the highest alert level of the four stages.

Regarding the infection status, the average of 7-day new positives was about 768 as of 5th, 106% of about 727 one week ago and 28th of last month, explaining that it has remained at a high level. Did.

In addition, the percentage of people infected with the virus with the highly infectious "N501Y" mutation was 45.3% in the week until the 18th of last month, but increased to 57.0% in the week until the 25th of last month, and it is epidemic. He pointed out that the subject of the virus is rapidly being replaced.

On top of that, experts say that the number of new positives continues to increase, and there is concern about a rapid spread of the infection beyond the third wave.

He also pointed out that during the Golden Week holidays and after the holidays, the number of tests will decrease due to medical institution holidays and the number of new positives will decrease due to delays in reporting. He pointed out that it is necessary to continue to take appropriate measures.

On the other hand, experts estimate that the number of hospitalized patients has increased to 2167 as of the 5th, and if the current number of new positives continues to increase, it will reach 2595 in 2 weeks, replacing the mutant virus. I explained that there will be more.

In addition, the proportion of severely ill patients in their 60s or younger is on the rise, and even the younger generation is at high risk of becoming severely ill, and it is necessary to be aware that all generations are involved in the risk of infection.