The government's "New Coronavirus Infection Control Subcommittee" has four stages that indicate the infection status, and as indicators for determining which stage it is in, "medical pressure", "number of medical treatments", and "PCR test" It shows five factors: positive rate, number of newly infected people, and percentage of people whose infection route is unknown.



Of these, there are three items for "medical pressure": "bed usage rate," "hospitalization rate," and "bed usage rate for the severely ill."

In the 13 prefectures of Hokkaido, Saitama, Chiba, Tokyo, Kanagawa, Gifu, Aichi, Mie, Kyoto, Osaka, Hyogo, Fukuoka, and Okinawa announced by the Cabinet Office, 11 As of 18th of March, it is below "Stage 3" in many areas.



Some local governments publish different values ​​for bed-related indicators based on the number of beds that can be immediately accepted.

Medical pressure sickbed usage rate

First is the tightness of medical care.



As a guide, the bed usage rate should be 20% or more for stage 3 and 50% or more for stage 4.



The usage rate of the entire sickbed is


▽ 2% in Hokkaido


4% in Saitama prefecture ▽


1% in Chiba prefecture


1% in

Tokyo


4% in Kanagawa prefecture


2% in Gifu prefecture


1% in Aichi prefecture


▽ Mie 0% in prefecture


▽ 2% in Kyoto prefecture ▽


3% in Osaka prefecture ▽ 3% in


Hyogo prefecture


1% in Fukuoka prefecture ▽


0% in Okinawa prefecture.

Medical pressure hospitalization rate

The standard hospitalization rate is 40% or less for stage 3 and 25% or less for stage 4.



The hospitalization rate is not applicable to all 13 prefectures announced by the Cabinet Secretariat.



[About "Not applicable"] The


index "hospitalization rate" is the percentage of all medical care recipients who have been hospitalized.



As the number of patients with the new coronavirus increases, the number of patients who should be hospitalized but cannot be hospitalized and are treated at home or institution increases. Therefore, the lower the number, the more unacceptable patients. In other words, medical care may be tight.



However, the government's "New Coronavirus Infectious Disease Control Subcommittee" does not apply in the following cases.



▽ When the number of medical treatment is less than 10 per 100,000 population.



▽ Of the number of new positives, those who need to be hospitalized can be hospitalized by the day after the notification of outbreak.



No stage decisions are made for these municipalities.

Bed usage rate for people with severe medical pressure

As a guide, the bed usage rate for severely ill people is 20% or more in stage 3 and 50% or more in stage 4.



Bed usage rate for severely ill people is


▽ 1% in Hokkaido


4% in Saitama prefecture


0% in Chiba prefecture


3% in Tokyo


3% in

Kanagawa prefecture


0% in Gifu prefecture


▽ 1% in Aichi prefecture


▽ 0% in Mie prefecture ▽ 0% in


Kyoto prefecture ▽


2% in Osaka prefecture


3% in Hyogo prefecture ▽

2% in


Fukuoka prefecture ▽


0% in Okinawa prefecture.

The number of the recuperators

Next, the standard number of medical treatments is 20 or more for stage 3 and 30 or more for stage 4 per 100,000 population.



▽ 3 people in Hokkaido


▽ 1 person in Saitama prefecture ▽ 1 person in


Chiba prefecture ▽ 1 person in


Tokyo


2 people in Kanagawa prefecture ▽

1 person in


Gifu prefecture


1 person in

Aichi prefecture


0 people in Mie prefecture


▽ Kyoto prefecture 1 person in


Osaka prefecture ▽ 3 people in Osaka prefecture ▽


2 people in Hyogo prefecture


1 person in Fukuoka prefecture ▽

2 people in


Okinawa prefecture.

Test positive rate

Positive rate for PCR tests in the last week.



As a guide, stage 3 is 5% or more and stage 4 is 10% or more.



▽ 1.0% in Hokkaido


▽ 0.4% in Saitama


0.4% in

Chiba


0.3% in Tokyo


0.6% in Kanagawa


0.4% in Gifu


0.3% in Aichi


0.5% in Mie


▽ Kyoto 0.7%


▽ 0.2% in Osaka prefecture ▽


0.5% in Hyogo prefecture


0.3% in Fukuoka prefecture ▽


0.2% in Okinawa prefecture.

Number of newly infected people

As a guide, the number of newly infected people in the last week per 100,000 population is 15 or more in stage 3 and 25 or more in stage 4.



▽ 3 people in Hokkaido


▽ 1 person in Saitama prefecture ▽ 1 person in


Chiba prefecture ▽ 1 person in


Tokyo


1 person in

Kanagawa prefecture


1 person in

Gifu prefecture


1 person in

Aichi prefecture


0 people in Mie prefecture


▽ Kyoto prefecture 2 people in


Osaka prefecture ▽


1 person in Hyogo prefecture ▽ 1 person in


Fukuoka prefecture


1 person in

Okinawa prefecture.

Percentage of people whose infection route is unknown

Finally, the percentage of people whose infection route is unknown.



The standard value is 50% for both stage 3 and stage 4.



▽ 35% in Hokkaido


▽ 56% in Saitama


69% in Chiba


64% in Tokyo


56% in Kanagawa


29% in Gifu


62% in Aichi


50% in Mie


▽ Kyoto 36% in


Osaka prefecture ▽ 54% in Osaka prefecture ▽


41% in Hyogo prefecture


33% in Fukuoka prefecture ▽


13% in Okinawa prefecture.