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 16th of this month, the ``occupation rate of hospital beds for severely ill patients'' based on national standards was 62 in Tokyo. 50% in Osaka Prefecture, and 91% in Kanagawa Prefecture. has become

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 16th of this month.



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

▽ 62% in Tokyo and ▽ 50% in Osaka Prefecture,


based on national standards

.

The rate of use of secured beds is

▽91% in Kanagawa prefecture,

▽86% in Shiga prefecture,

▽85% in Aichi prefecture,

▽79% in Fukuoka prefecture,

▽78% in Okinawa prefecture,

▽77% in Shizuoka prefecture. ▽ 71%

in

Ishikawa and Kumamoto prefectures

▽ 70% in Wakayama prefecture ▽

68% in Saitama prefecture ▽

66% in Chiba, Osaka, Hyogo and Kagoshima prefectures

▽ 65% in Nara prefecture

▽ Hiroshima 64% in prefectures, Aomori and Akita prefectures,


















▽63% in Okayama and Tochigi


▽62% in Nagano


▽61% in Niigata


▽60% in Kyoto, Yamaguchi, Kagawa and Nagasaki


▽59% in Fukushima


▽Ibaraki , 58% in Tokyo, Yamanashi and Mie prefectures


, 56% in Ehime and Saga prefectures


, 55% in Miyagi and Oita prefectures, 54% in


Iwate, Yamagata and Gunma prefectures, 54% in


Gifu prefectures, In Miyazaki Prefecture, it was 52%, and a


total of 40 prefectures exceeded 50%, which is the guideline for the "level at which measures should be strengthened" indicated by the government's subcommittee for either or both indicators.



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


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