A monitoring meeting was held in Tokyo to analyze and evaluate the infection status of the new coronavirus and the medical care system, and experts warned that the seven-day average number of new infections was 130% compared to the previous week. , called for thorough infection control.
On the 4th, the metropolitan government held a monitoring meeting to analyze and evaluate the infection status and medical care system, and maintained the third highest level for each of the four alert levels.
At the conference, it was reported that the seven-day average number of new infections was 4305.9 as of the second day, 130% compared to the previous week.
Regarding this, experts warned that ``it is 130% this time from 97% last time, exceeding 100%, which is an indicator of the spread of infection, and it is necessary to pay attention to the rapid increase in the future.'' .
In addition, the number of hospitalized patients was 1,654, an increase of 344 from the 26th of last month, a week earlier, increasing for the second consecutive week.
Regarding the increase in the number of infected people, experts say, ``The reasons are that the immunity acquired in the 6th and 7th waves is declining, the rooms are not ventilated due to cold weather, and the relaxation of measures at the border. It can be considered as ", and called for thorough infection control such as ventilation and vaccination.
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