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 11th of this month, the ``occupation rate of hospital beds for severely ill patients'' based on national standards was 66 in Tokyo. 55% in Kyoto Prefecture, and 94% in Kanagawa Prefecture. has become

In addition, the "number of new positive cases" has exceeded 1 times in many prefectures compared to last week, and 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'' and ``infection status''.



Of these, the burden on the medical care provision system has five items, including the utilization rate of secured beds and the utilization rate of beds for severe cases.



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 announced data for all 47 prefectures nationwide as of the 11th of this month.



Of these, the "occupation rate of secured beds for severe cases" was


▽ 66% in Tokyo and 55% in Kyoto Prefecture, based on national standards, and the "occupation



rate of secured beds" was


▽ 94% in Kanagawa Prefecture.


▽Shizuoka and Aichi 82%


▽Shiga and Fukuoka 79%


▽Okinawa 78%


▽Kagoshima 77%


▽Kumamoto 75%


▽Niigata 71%


▽Aomori, Chiba and Wakayama 69% in Hiroshima Prefecture and


68% in Saitama Prefecture ▽


67% in Osaka Prefecture, Nara Prefecture and Nagasaki Prefecture


▽ 66% in Hyogo Prefecture and Okayama Prefecture ▽


64% in Akita Prefecture and Ibaraki Prefecture


▽ Tochigi Prefecture and Ishikawa Prefecture 62%


▽60% in Gifu Prefecture


▽59% in Nagano and Mie


▽58% in Fukushima, Yamanashi, Ehime and Saga


▽57% in Gunma, Tokyo and Yamaguchi ▽


56% in Iwate ▽


55% in Kyoto


▽Kochi 53% in


prefectures, 52% in Kagawa and Miyazaki


, 51% in Miyagi and Oita,


and 50% in Tokushima, for


a total of 41 prefectures. It is 50% or more, which is the guideline for the “level at which measures should be strengthened”.



In many prefectures, the number of "new positives" has also exceeded 100% 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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