Regarding the infection status of the new coronavirus, an index that indicates the level of medical urgency in each prefecture shows that as of the 7th of this month, the ``occupation rate of hospital beds for severely ill patients'' based on national standards was 63 in Tokyo. 51% in Kyoto Prefecture, and 91% in Kanagawa Prefecture. has become

In addition, the "number of new positive cases" has exceeded 100% in most prefectures compared to last week, indicating that the nationwide spread of infections 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 the degree of medical care is different in each prefecture, 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.", including the "occupation rate of secured beds" and the "occupation rate of secured beds for severe cases."



In addition, the "status of infection" includes five items 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 announced data for all 47 prefectures nationwide as of the 7th of this month.



Of these, the "occupation rate of secured beds" was 63% in Tokyo and 51% in Kyoto Prefecture, based on national standards, and the "occupation



rate of secured beds" was


▽ 91% in Kanagawa Prefecture.


▽ 81% in Shizuoka ▽


76% in Shiga ▽


75% in Niigata and Fukuoka ▽


74% in Okinawa


▽ 73% in Wakayama and Kagoshima ▽


72% in Kumamoto ▽


71% in Aichi


▽ Saitama 69% in prefectures ▽


68% in Chiba prefecture ▽


67% in Osaka prefecture ▽


64% in Nara prefecture


▽63% in Ibaraki and Hyogo prefectures


▽ 62% in Ishikawa and Nagasaki


▽ 60% in Tochigi and Hiroshima ▽


59% in Gunma and Gifu ▽


58% in Okayama ▽


57% in Yamanashi and Ehime ▽


56% in Tokyo


▽ Aomori 54% in Iwate, Mie, and Kochi


, 53% in Akita


, 52% in Saga,


and 51% in Nagano, for


a total of 34 prefectures with either or both indicators. is 50% or more, which is the guideline for the "level at which measures should be strengthened" indicated by .



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



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

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