As of the 21st of this month, the index showing the level of medical tightness in prefectures regarding the infection status of the new corona virus is 57% in Osaka prefecture and 57% in Nara prefecture. In addition to 74%, the "use rate of secured beds" is Fukushima prefecture, Gunma prefecture, Saitama prefecture, Chiba prefecture, Tokyo metropolitan area, Kanagawa prefecture, Yamanashi prefecture, Gifu prefecture, Shizuoka prefecture, Aichi prefecture, Mie prefecture, Shiga prefecture. In prefectures, Kyoto, Osaka, Hyogo, Nara, Wakayama, Okayama, Hiroshima, Fukuoka, Kumamoto, and Kagoshima prefectures, 50% or more each, the government subcommittee indicates, "Strengthen measures. It exceeds the standard of "should level".

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 the 21st of this month.



Of these, the "utilization rate of severely secured beds" was


57% in Osaka prefecture


, 74% in Nara prefecture, and



the "usage rate of secured beds" was


51% in Fukushima prefecture


, 60% in Gunma prefecture,


and 62 in Saitama prefecture. %


▽ 68% in Chiba prefecture ▽


59% in Tokyo ▽


71% in Kanagawa prefecture ▽


57% in Yamanashi prefecture ▽


58% in Gifu prefecture


▽ 58% in Shizuoka prefecture ▽


70% in Aichi prefecture ▽


55% in Mie prefecture


▽ 71% in Shiga prefecture ▽


72% in Kyoto prefecture ▽


81% in Osaka prefecture ▽


76% in Hyogo prefecture ▽


71% in Nara prefecture ▽


57% in Wakayama prefecture ▽


53% in Okayama prefecture ▽


52% in Hiroshima prefecture


▽ Fukuoka prefecture 84%


▽ 57% in Kumamoto Prefecture


▽ In Kagoshima prefecture, 59%


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



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". There are five items, "Percentage of people whose route is unknown".



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/