As of February 7, the index showing the level of medical tightness in prefectures regarding the infection status of the new coronavirus was 55% in Kyoto Prefecture, and Nara. In addition to 59% in prefectures and 57% in Okinawa prefecture, the "use rate of secured beds" is Gunma prefecture, Saitama prefecture, Chiba prefecture, Tokyo, Kanagawa prefecture, Ishikawa prefecture, Yamanashi prefecture, Gifu prefecture, Aichi prefecture, Shiga prefecture, Kyoto prefecture, Osaka prefecture, Hyogo prefecture, Nara prefecture, Wakayama prefecture, Hiroshima prefecture, Fukuoka prefecture, Kumamoto prefecture, Okinawa prefecture each have 50% or more, and the "level to strengthen measures" indicated by the government subcommittee. It exceeds the standard of.

The government's "Coronavirus Infectious Disease Control Subcommittee" summarizes the idea of ​​taking measures with an emphasis on the degree of medical strain.



The degree of medical care is different in each prefecture, so the level is decided by the prefecture.



In response to this, the Cabinet Secretariat has shown two indicators for determining the level of the prefecture, "load on the medical care provision system" and "infection status", of which "medical care provision system, etc." There are five items in "Load", such as "Usage rate of secured beds" and "Usage rate of severely secured beds".



The Cabinet Secretariat has released data for all 47 prefectures nationwide as of February 7.



Of these, the "use rate of secured beds" was


▽ 55% in Kyoto prefecture ▽


59% in Nara prefecture


▽ 57% in Okinawa prefecture



"Usage rate of secured beds" was


▽ 59% in Gunma prefecture


▽ 56 in Saitama prefecture %


▽ 64% in Chiba prefecture ▽


56% in Tokyo ▽


68% in Kanagawa prefecture ▽


67% in Ishikawa prefecture ▽


61% in Yamanashi prefecture ▽


55% in Gifu prefecture ▽


56% in Aichi prefecture ▽


69% in Shiga prefecture


▽ 57% in Kyoto prefecture ▽


91% in Osaka prefecture ▽


73% in Hyogo prefecture ▽


77% in Nara prefecture ▽


66% in Wakayama prefecture ▽


52% in Hiroshima prefecture ▽


66% in Fukuoka prefecture ▽


71% in Kumamoto prefecture


▽ Okinawa prefecture At 60%,


At 50% or more of each, it exceeds the standard of "level to strengthen measures" set by the government subcommittee.



In addition, the "load on the medical care provision system" includes the "hospitalization rate", its "compared to last week", and the "change in the number of severely ill patients" compared to last week.



In addition, "infection status" includes "positive rate of PCR test", "number of new positives" and "number of new positives" per 100,000, "compared to last week" and "compared to last week", and "infection route is unknown". There are five items, "Percentage of people who are infected".



The data for each prefecture is introduced in detail on the NHK special website.



Have a look at this.


https://www3.nhk.or.jp/news/special/coronavirus/