As of August 31, the number of people infected with the new coronavirus and recuperating at home had decreased by about 170,000 from the previous week to more than 1.39 million, according to a summary by the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare. .
According to the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare, as of August 31, a total of 1,391,061 people were recuperating at home after being infected with the new coronavirus.
That's 170,227 fewer than the previous week's record high of 1,561,288 (as of August 24).
By prefecture,
▽ Osaka Prefecture has the most 127,496 people (-24,863 people)
▽ Aichi Prefecture has 102,032 people (-12,070 people)
▽ Tokyo has 93,407 people (-34,931 people)
) and so on.
In addition, among those who were judged to need hospitalization, 3244 were in the process of adjusting their acceptance, an increase of 410 from the previous week.
In the "7th wave", some elderly people died at home because they could not find a transport destination after being infected with the new corona, and the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare is asking local governments nationwide to strengthen their medical care systems.