As of the 21st of this month, the number of people infected with the new coronavirus and receiving medical treatment at home has exceeded 10,000 nationwide, and in Tokyo it has increased to more than 4,000, twice the previous week and more than five times the previous week. I found out in the summary of the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare.

The Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare has summarized the latest status of bed usage rates and patient care destinations by prefecture.



According to this, as of the 21st of this month, there are 10,717 people nationwide receiving medical treatment at home, an increase of about 4,900 from the previous week.



▼ In Tokyo, there are 4068 people, which is about twice the number of the previous week and 5.7 times the number as of June 23, almost a month ago.



▼ 2241 people in Kanagawa prefecture, 1.5 times the previous week, 3 times


the previous week ▼ 792 people in Chiba prefecture, 1.7 times the previous week, 3 times the previous week


▼ 1104 in Saitama prefecture The number of people has increased 2.7 times from the previous week and more than 10 times from a month ago.



In addition, the number of people receiving medical treatment at accommodation facilities such as hotels is 6364 nationwide, which is more than 1,600 more than the previous week, which is double the number one month ago.



The number of people who are judged to need hospitalization but are adjusting their acceptance has been increasing since the end of last month, reaching 201 people nationwide, an increase of 35 people from the previous week.



According to the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare, "The number of newly infected people in their 20s to 40s is considered to be a factor in the increase in the number of home care recipients. There is a possibility that it will come, and there is concern about the burden on medical care. "

Home-visit doctor "Home treatment is limited"

Doctors who visit home caregivers are becoming more concerned that they may have to treat patients with severe symptoms while staying at home.



The Tokyo Metropolitan Government is in the process of creating a system for home visits and online medical care, and as of 1st of this month, 21 of the 54 district medical associations in Tokyo and private overtime emergency centers are participating.



Of these, at the Tamagawa Medical Association in Setagaya Ward, three local medical institutions take turns to provide consultation and medical care from home care recipients.



Until now, there was only one telephone consultation, but on the 26th after the four consecutive holidays, we received a request for a home visit for the first time.



According to Mr. Kiyoshi Yamaguchi, the director of the corresponding "Owl Clinic, etc.", the patient wanted to prescribe because the medicine had run out, but when he visited, he said that he could not get rid of his fever for a week, and he had symptoms of pneumonia. He was diagnosed with the disease and was hospitalized.



Dr. Yamaguchi said, "Given the number of infected people, the number of consultations from home caregivers will increase, and people who cannot be hospitalized like Osaka during the 4th wave will have to be treated at home. Although it is possible to administer oxygen and drip at home, it is overwhelmingly more time-consuming and limited compared to treatment at the hospital. Even if the local family doctor has diagnosed the new corona I have little experience with treatment and I am worried that I will be able to handle it sufficiently. "



According to the Tokyo Metropolitan Government, the average number of home care patients' home visits and online medical examinations was about 5 per day until last month, but until the 7th of this month, the average number of cases is about 10 per day. It means that it is on the increase.



As the number of home care recipients is expected to increase due to the spread of the infection, we are calling for cooperation from other district medical associations.