Regarding the infection status of the new coronavirus, as of August 2nd, as of August 2nd, the "occupation rate of beds for securing severe cases" based on national standards is the highest in Tokyo. In addition to 60% in Tokyo and 55% in Kyoto Prefecture, the "occupation rate of secured hospital beds" was 88% in Kanagawa Prefecture. ” is more than expected.



In addition, the "number of new positive cases" has exceeded 1 times the previous week in all prefectures except Aomori and Shimane, indicating that the nationwide spread of infection continues.

The government's "New Coronavirus Infectious Disease Control Subcommittee" has summarized the idea of ​​taking measures with an emphasis on the degree of medical urgency.



Since each prefecture differs in how tight medical care is, it is said that the level will be determined by each prefecture.



In response to this, the Cabinet Secretariat has indicated two indicators for judging the level of prefectures: ``burden on medical care provision systems, etc.'' and ``infection status.''



Of these, there are five items in the "burden on the medical care provision system, etc."



In addition, there are five items in the "infection status", such as "positive rate of PCR test", "number of new positive cases per 100,000 people", and "proportion of people whose infection route is unknown".



The Cabinet Secretariat has released data for all 47 prefectures nationwide as of August 2nd.



Of these, the "occupation rate of secured hospital beds for severe cases" was aggregated based on national standards, and was

▽


60% in Tokyo


and 55% in Kyoto Prefecture

.

▽Fukuoka 79%

▽

Okinawa 78%

▽Wakayama 76%

▽Shizuoka 75%

▽Kagoshima 73%

▽Saitama 69%

▽Shiga and Kumamoto 66%

▽Hyogo 62% in

Aichi and 61% in Chiba ▽

59% in Nara, Kochi, Niigata and Osaka

▽58% in Aomori, Tochigi and Nagasaki ▽

56% in Hiroshima

▽Saga 55%


















▽ 54% in Okayama and Tokyo ▽


53% in Gunma


▽ 52% in Ehime and Iwate ▽


51% in Oita


▽ 50% in Gifu and Miyagi, for a


total of 30 prefectures Or, for both indicators, it is 50% or more, which is the guideline for "the level at which measures should be strengthened" indicated by the government's subcommittee.



In addition, the number of "new positives" compared to last week


was 0.97 times in Aomori Prefecture


and 0.81 times in Shimane Prefecture, which


was less than 1 times, but exceeded 1 times in other prefectures, indicating that the infection spread nationwide. It is a continuing situation.



Detailed data by prefecture can be found on NHK's special website.



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