As of the 17th of this month, the government said that the "utilization rate of secured beds" was 50% or more in Okinawa Prefecture, which is an indicator of the level of medical tightness in prefectures regarding the infection status of the new coronavirus. 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". There are five items in "Loads such as", 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 17th of this month.
Of these, the "utilization rate of secured beds" was 55% in Okinawa Prefecture, which is 50% or more, which exceeds the "level for strengthening measures" indicated by the government subcommittee.
In addition, there are five items in "Infection status" such as "Positive rate of PCR test", "Number of new positives" per 100,000 people, and "Ratio of people whose infection route is unknown".
Data by prefecture is introduced in detail on the NHK special website.
Have a look at this.
New Coronavirus Special Site "Index for Level Judgment"