As for the index showing the level of medical tightness in prefectures regarding the infection status of the new coronavirus, as of 21st of this month, the "utilization rate of secured beds" was 77% in Okinawa prefecture and 67% in Kumamoto prefecture. In eight prefectures, it exceeds the "level at which measures should be strengthened" indicated by the government subcommittee.



In addition, the number of new positives has exceeded 1 times in all prefectures compared to last week, and the spread of infection continues nationwide.

The government's "Coronavirus Infectious Disease Control Subcommittee" has summarized the idea that measures will be taken with an emphasis on the degree of tightness in medical care.



How tight medical care is depends on each 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 medical care provision system, etc." and "infection status."



Of these, there are five items in the "load on the medical care provision system, etc.", such as "usage rate of secured beds" and "usage rate of severely secured beds".

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".



The Cabinet Secretariat has released data for all 47 prefectures nationwide as of the 21st of this month.



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


▽ Okinawa prefecture 77%,


▽ Kumamoto prefecture 67%,


▽ Wakayama prefecture 65%,


▽ Shiga prefecture 64%,


▽ Kanagawa prefecture 58%,


▽ Shizuoka prefecture 56%,


▽ Aomori prefecture 52%,


▽ Fukuoka prefecture 51%,


which exceeds the standard of "level to strengthen measures" = 50% or more indicated by the government subcommittee.



In addition, the "use rate of beds for securing severe illness" is 49% in Tokyo and 28% in Osaka and Okinawa prefectures.



In addition, the number of new positives has more than doubled in all prefectures compared to last week, and there are 10 local governments that have more than doubled, indicating that the spread of infection continues nationwide.



Data by prefecture is introduced in detail on the NHK special website.


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