As of the 18th 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 Countermeasures Subcommittee" summarizes the idea that countermeasures will be taken with an emphasis on the degree of tightness in medical care.
The degree of tightness in medical care varies from prefecture to prefecture, so the level is decided by each prefecture.
In response to this, the Cabinet Secretariat has shown two indicators for determining the level of prefectures, "load on the medical care provision system" and "infection status", of which "medical provision system". There are five items in "Loads 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 18th of this month.
Of these, the "utilization rate of secured beds" was 54% and 50% or more in Okinawa Prefecture, 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.
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