Regarding the infection status of the new coronavirus, an index that shows the level of medical urgency in prefectures, as of the 18th of this month, the "occupation rate of beds for securing severe cases" based on national standards is ▼ Tokyo. In addition to 64% in Tokyo and 51% in Osaka Prefecture, the “occupation rate of secured hospital beds” was also ▼90% in Kanagawa Prefecture. It is more than the target of "the level that should be

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 18th of this month.



Of these, the “occupation rate of beds for securing severe cases” was aggregated based on national standards, and


was 64% in Tokyo


and 51% in Osaka Prefecture.



The rate of use of secured beds is as follows:


▼90% in Kanagawa prefecture,


▼86% in Aomori prefecture,


▼81% in Shiga prefecture,


▼80% in Ishikawa prefecture,


▼79% in Fukuoka prefecture,


▼76% in Okinawa prefecture ,


▼74% in Shizuoka prefecture,


▼73% in Hiroshima prefecture,


▼71% in Aichi and Wakayama prefectures,


▼68% in Tochigi, Saitama and Hyogo prefectures,


▼67% in Okayama prefecture,


▼66% in Osaka prefecture %,


▼65% in Akita, Chiba and Nara prefectures,


▼64% in Kumamoto,


▼61% in Kagoshima and Fukushima,


▼60% in Kyoto, Yamaguchi and Ehime,


▼59% in Nagano,


▼Ibaraki, Tokyo, Niigata and Nagasaki 58%


▼57% in Kagawa and Saga prefectures ▼


55% in Iwate, Miyagi, Mie, Oita and Miyazaki prefectures


▼54% in Gunma and Yamanashi prefectures


▼53% in Kochi prefectures


▼Gifu A total of 43

prefectures, 52% in


Yamagata Prefecture, and 51% in Yamagata Prefecture,


have either or both indicators of 50% or more, which is the guideline for the "level at which measures should be strengthened" indicated by the government's subcommittee. It is



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



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