At a monitoring conference in Tokyo, experts said that the number of new positives in Tokyo is still high and that infected people may still be latent in the city. It needs to be reduced sufficiently in preparation for winter. "
During the meeting, experts maintained the infection status and medical care provision system in Tokyo at the highest alert level of the four levels.
Regarding the infection status, the 7-day average of new positives was about 1095 as of the 15th, which was a decrease to 55% on the 8th of this month a week ago, but it is still at a high level and the number of infected people is still in the market. It is said that there is a possibility of being latent in.
And, the minimum value when the number of new positives has stopped declining is increasing every time the wave of infection spread is repeated. Remarkable. It needs to be reduced sufficiently in preparation for the winter when there is concern about the spread of the infection. "
On the other hand, regarding the medical care provision system, experts explained that as of the 15th,
there were 3097 inpatients and
198 severely ill patients,
all of which are at a high level.
He added that there were 394 patients on the 15th who were likely to need mechanical ventilation or ECMO treatment soon, which is "extremely high" although it continues to decline.
He added, "The dysfunction of the medical care provision system continues. Unless the number of new positives decreases significantly, the cumulative number of critically ill patients will continue to have a serious impact on life-saving medical care."
“Higher every time the wave of infection spreads” Tokyo Monitoring Conference
At the monitoring meeting, experts pointed out that "the minimum after the number of new positives has decreased is higher than the previous minimum after the first wave and with each repeated wave of infection spread."
This indicates that the level of infection spread has passed the peak and started to decrease, and the level at the time when it stopped declining increased with each "wave".
In Tokyo, the infection has spread five times so far, and specifically, we will look at the 7-day average transition of new positives from the first wave last spring.
▽ The lowest number between the first and second waves was 5.9 on May 23, last year.
▽ Between the 2nd and 3rd waves, there were 144.6 people on September 25, last year.
▽ Between the 3rd and 4th waves, there are 253.4 people on March 8th.
▽ Between the 4th and 5th waves, there were 375.9 people on June 15th.
An expert said, "When the situation where the lowest point is high is high, I am saying that the speed of increase when it reverses and increases is remarkable. I want to prevent that from happening."