As for the index showing the level of medical tightness in prefectures regarding the infection status of the new coronavirus, as of February 23, the "usage rate of severely ill beds" was 57% in Osaka prefecture, and Nara prefecture. In addition to 76%, the "use rate of secured beds" is Gunma prefecture, Saitama prefecture, Chiba prefecture, Tokyo metropolitan area, Kanagawa prefecture, Yamanashi prefecture, Gifu prefecture, Shizuoka prefecture, Aichi prefecture, Mie prefecture, Shiga prefecture, In Kyoto, Osaka, Hyogo, Nara, Wakayama, Okayama, Fukuoka, and Kumamoto prefectures, 50% or more each exceeds the standard of "level to strengthen measures" indicated by the government subcommittee. increase.

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 February 23.



Of these,


◇ "Usage rate of secured beds" is


▽ 57% in Osaka prefecture


▽ 76% in Nara prefecture



◇ "Usage rate of secured beds" is


▽ 56% in Gunma prefecture ▽


59% in Saitama prefecture


▽ Chiba 71% in prefecture ▽


58% in Tokyo ▽


70% in Kanagawa prefecture ▽


59% in Yamanashi prefecture ▽


52% in Gifu prefecture ▽


57% in Shizuoka prefecture ▽


68% in Aichi prefecture ▽


53% in Mie prefecture


▽ In Shiga prefecture 74%


▽ Kyoto prefecture 71%


▽ Osaka prefecture 75%


▽ Hyogo prefecture 75%


▽ Nara prefecture 74%


▽ Wakayama prefecture 54%


▽ Okayama prefecture 51%


▽ Fukuoka prefecture 77%


▽ Kumamoto prefecture 52% When,


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/