As of the 20th of this month, the index showing the level of medical tightness in prefectures regarding the infection status of the new corona virus is 59% in Kyoto prefecture and 56% in Osaka prefecture. %, 74% in Nara prefecture, and "Usage rate of secured beds" is Fukushima prefecture, Gunma prefecture, Saitama prefecture, Chiba prefecture, Tokyo, Kanagawa prefecture, Yamanashi prefecture, Gifu prefecture, Shizuoka prefecture, Aichi prefecture. , Mie prefecture, Shiga prefecture, Kyoto prefecture, Osaka prefecture, Hyogo prefecture, Nara prefecture, Wakayama prefecture, Okayama prefecture, Hiroshima prefecture, Fukuoka prefecture, Kumamoto prefecture, Kagoshima prefecture. It exceeds the standard of "level where measures should be strengthened".

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



Since the degree of medical pressure is different in each prefecture, 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 the 20th of this month.



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


59% in Kyoto prefecture


, 56% in Osaka prefecture


, 74% in Nara prefecture, and the



"usage rate of secured beds" was


50% in Fukushima prefecture,


▽ .

62% in Gunma prefecture,


▽ 61% in Saitama prefecture,


▽ 68% in Chiba prefecture,


▽ 60% in Tokyo, ▽


68% in Kanagawa prefecture,


▽ 57% in Yamanashi prefecture,


▽ 59% in Gifu prefecture,


▽ Shizuoka 59% in prefecture, ▽


69% in Aichi prefecture,


▽ 54% in Mie prefecture,


▽ 71% in Shiga prefecture,


▽ 72% in Kyoto prefecture,


▽ 79% in Osaka prefecture, ▽


76% in Hyogo prefecture,


▽ Nara prefecture 71%,


▽ 55% in Wakayama prefecture,


▽ 56% in Okayama prefecture,


▽ Hiroshima prefecture 54%,


▽ Fukuoka prefecture 84%,


▽ Kumamoto prefecture 56%,


▽ Kagoshima prefecture 58%,


each of which is 50% or more, which is the "level to strengthen measures" indicated by the government subcommittee. It is above the standard.



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



In addition, "infection status" includes "positive rate of PCR test", "number of new positives" per 100,000 people, "number of new positives" "compared to last week" and "compared to last week", and "infection route 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/