In Okinawa Prefecture, the occupancy rate of hospital beds for new coronavirus patients has exceeded 100% on the main island of Okinawa. made it clear that there is
According to Okinawa Prefecture, the number of new infections per 100,000 people in the prefecture was 1,821.13 in the week ending on the 13th, the highest in the country.
As of the 14th, 728 people were hospitalized, 17 more than on the 13th, with 22 severe cases and 395 moderate cases according to national standards.
The occupancy rate of hospital beds for COVID-19 patients is 95.5% in the prefecture as a whole, of which 101.3% on the main island of Okinawa exceeds 100%. , It means that there are frequent situations where infected people cannot be hospitalized.
In order to free up beds at hospitals that accept hospitalizations, the infected people who are originally being adjusted for hospitalization are moved to the "hospitalization waiting station" in Naha City where the infected people are temporarily waiting. It means that we are in a situation.
Atsushi Shiroma, head of the Okinawa Prefectural Government's Infectious Diseases General Affairs Division, said, "The number of hospitalized patients continues to be very difficult, and it is expected to become even tighter in the future. If you have symptoms, do not go out, avoid meeting with the elderly, wear a mask, and ventilate the room. I would like to ask you to thoroughly implement basic infection control measures such as