Since September last year, when the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare simplified the grasp of the total number of people infected with the new coronavirus, some medical institutions have reported the number of elderly people aged 65 and over who need to report the outbreak using a system called Hersis. announced that there were cases that were not included in the
It is estimated that up to 3.2% of the elderly who were notified of the outbreak, or approximately 314,000 people, were not included in the announced number of infected people.
From September 26th last year, the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare simplified the grasp of the total number of infected people, and medical institutions created reports of outbreaks of patients only for those aged 65 and over. We switched to the operation of entering the total number into a system called.
Medical institutions were also requested to report the total number of cases in Hersis for the elderly who created the outbreak report, but some medical institutions did not report, so from September 26th last year to 11th this month. It is estimated that up to 3.2% of the elderly who were notified of the outbreak, or approximately 314,000 people, were not included in the announced number of infected people.
For this reason, on the 13th of this month, the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare requested prefectures to inform medical institutions of proper operation.
On the other hand, it is possible to grasp the situation of medical tightness from the bed occupancy rate, etc., and it does not affect the evaluation of the infection situation. is.