As for the index showing the level of medical tightness in prefectures regarding the infection status of the new coronavirus, as of March 22, the "utilization rate of secured beds" was 50% or more in Osaka Prefecture, the government. It exceeds the standard of "level to strengthen measures" indicated by the subcommittee of.
The government's "New 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 March 22.
Of these, the "utilization rate of secured beds" was 51% and 50% or more in Osaka Prefecture, which exceeds the "level at which measures should be strengthened" indicated 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.
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