As for the index showing the level of medical tightness in prefectures regarding the infection status of the new coronavirus, as of the 26th of this month, the "usage rate of severely ill beds" based on national standards is in Tokyo. In addition to 53%, the "utilization rate of secured beds" is 85% in Okinawa prefecture, which exceeds the "level at which measures should be strengthened" indicated by the government subcommittees in 19 prefectures.


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 26th of this month.



Of these, the "utilization rate of secured beds" was calculated based on national standards,


which was 53% in Tokyo, and the


"usage rate of secured beds" was


85% in Okinawa prefecture


, 74% in Shizuoka prefecture, and


so on.

71% in Kanagawa prefecture ▽


67% in Wakayama prefecture ▽


66% in Kumamoto prefecture ▽


65% in Fukuoka prefecture ▽


61% in Kagoshima prefecture ▽


59% in Hyogo prefecture


▽ 58% in Aomori prefecture and ▽


55% in Hiroshima prefecture %


▽ Chiba prefecture and ▽ Shizuoka prefecture and ▽ Nagasaki prefecture 54%


▽ Ibaraki prefecture 53%


▽ Fukushima prefecture and ▽ Osaka prefecture 52%


▽ Saitama prefecture 50%


In total, 19 prefectures exceed the "level at which measures should be strengthened" = 50% or more, which is indicated by the government subcommittee.



In addition, the “number of new positives” compared to last week has more than doubled in all prefectures, and some local governments 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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