As the infection of the new coronavirus spreads earlier this month, the number of "difficult-to-transport cases" in which the recipients of emergency patients are not immediately decided was more than 4,100, which is the highest number ever. I found it in the summary of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications.
The Fire and Disaster Management Agency of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications reports on 52 fire departments nationwide, including the fire department where the prefectural office is located, as "cases where transportation is difficult", such as cases where there were four or more inquiries to the hospital before the destination of the patient was decided. It is summarized every week based on.
According to this, the number of cases in the week up to the 16th was 4151, which was 1.4 times that of the previous week, which was the highest number ever, exceeding the highest number of 3361 in the second week of August last year.
Of these, 1031 cases were suspected of being infected with the new coronavirus, a sharp increase of 1.9 times from the previous week.
By region, Tokyo has 2149 cases, Osaka City has 352 cases, Yokohama City has 209 cases, Chiba City has 206 cases, Saitama City has 158 cases, and Sapporo City has 145 cases. ..
Compared to the same period before the spread of the new coronavirus, Tokyo was 3.4 times, Saitama city was 3.2 times, Yokohama city was 2.9 times, Sapporo city was 2.7 times, Osaka city was 2.1 times, and Chiba city was 1.8 times. It is doubled.
The Fire and Disaster Management Agency of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications said, "With the increase in the number of people infected with corona, the number of cases where transportation is difficult has increased sharply since the beginning of this month. I want to go. "