As of the 8th of this month, the index showing the level of medical tightness in prefectures regarding the infection status of the new coronavirus is 62% in Nara prefecture and 62% in Osaka prefecture. In addition to 54%, the "use rate of secured beds" is 50% or more in Saitama, Chiba, Kanagawa, Aichi, Shiga, Kyoto, Osaka, Hyogo, Nara, and Fukuoka prefectures, respectively. So, it exceeds the standard of "level to strengthen measures" set by the subcommittee of the government.

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 judged 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 8th of this month.

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


▽ 62% in Nara prefecture


▽ 54% in Osaka prefecture



"Usage rate of secured beds" was


▽ 52% in Saitama prefecture ▽


60% in Chiba prefecture


▽ in Kanagawa prefecture 59%


▽ 59% in Aichi prefecture ▽


68% in Shiga prefecture ▽


60% in Kyoto prefecture ▽


69% in Osaka prefecture ▽


58% in Hyogo prefecture ▽


59% in Nara prefecture


▽ 54% in Fukuoka prefecture and 50% or more respectively ,


It exceeds the standard of "level to strengthen measures" set 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 route". There are five items, "Percentage of people whose 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/