Regarding the infection status of the new coronavirus, an index that indicates the level of medical urgency in each prefecture is based on the national standards as of the 15th of this month. In addition to 65% in Osaka Prefecture and 50% in Osaka Prefecture, the "occupation rate of secured hospital beds" was 91% in Kanagawa Prefecture, etc., and in total 41 prefectures have reached the "level at which measures should be strengthened" indicated by the government's subcommittee. It is more than expected.



In addition, the "number of new positive cases" compared to last week exceeded 1 times in the majority of the 47 prefectures, 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 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, "burden on the medical care provision system, etc." includes five items such as "occupation rate of secured beds" and "occupation rate of secured 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 15th of this month.



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


▽ 65% in Tokyo


and 50% in Osaka prefecture, based on national standards.



▽91% in


Kanagawa ▽


86% in Shiga ▽


84% in Aichi ▽


82% in Okinawa ▽


78% in Shizuoka and Fukuoka


▽77 in Ishikawa and Nagasaki %


▽73% in Hiroshima, Kumamoto and Kagoshima ▽


70% in Osaka ▽


69% in Saitama and Wakayama ▽


67% in Nara


▽66% in Hyogo and Okayama


▽Chiba and Niigata 65%


▽64% in Akita and Mie prefectures


▽63% in Aomori ▽


62% in Nagano


▽61% in Tochigi and Kagawa


▽60% in Miyagi, Yamaguchi, Ehime and Kochi


▽Fukushima, Ibaraki, Tokyo, Yamanashi and Kyoto 58% in


Saga Prefecture, 57% in


Gunma Prefecture, 56% in


Iwate Prefecture, 55% in


Miyazaki Prefecture, 54% in Miyazaki Prefecture


, 53% in Gifu Prefecture and Oita Prefecture,


and 51% in Tokushima Prefecture, for a total of 41 prefectures. is 50% or more, which is the guideline for the "level at which measures should be strengthened" indicated by the government's subcommittee for either or both indicators.



In addition, the number of "new positives" has exceeded 1 times in the majority of the 47 prefectures compared to last week, indicating that the nationwide spread of infections continues.



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


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