According to a summary by the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare, the number of people infected with the new coronavirus and recuperating at home was more than 1.05 million as of the 7th.
However, in the two prefectures that have started to limit the scope of detailed reports of infected people, it is difficult to grasp details such as those who are recuperating at home at this time, so they are not included in this count. .
According to the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare, as of the 7th of this month, 1,052,264 people were recuperating at home after being infected with the new coronavirus.
By prefecture, Osaka Prefecture has the most with 87,554, Aichi with 78,076, and Tokyo with 69,838.
Of those who were judged to need hospitalization, 504 were in the process of adjusting their receiving destination.
However, in the four prefectures, the target of detailed reports of infected people is limited to the elderly, etc., and the operation of reporting only the age and total number of people who are not eligible has started on the 2nd of this month. Of these prefectures, Tottori and Saga prefectures are not included in the total because it is difficult to get a detailed grasp of the number of people who are recuperating at home at this time.
The operation of limiting the subjects of detailed reports of infected people will start uniformly nationwide from the 26th of this month, and the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare said, ``In the future, we will consider measures while consulting with local governments so that we can grasp the necessary information. I want to.