８月に１日２４００人感染も　小池知事「５０代、深刻に」―東京都

　東京都は１５日、新型コロナウイルスのモニタリング会議を開いた。専門家は現在のペースで感染拡大が続けば、４週間後の８月１１日には１日当たりの新規感染者数（７日間平均）が２４００人を超えるとの試算を提示。ワクチン接種が進んだ高齢者の感染が減る一方、入院患者のうち５０代が占める割合が２１％で最多となり、小池百合子知事は「深刻な状況だ」と危機感を示した。
　都内の新規感染者（７日間平均）は７月１４日現在で８１７．１人と、前週より３１％増加した。このまま感染者が増えると、東京五輪の閉幕（８月８日）直後には２４０６人となる計算だ。
　７月１４日時点の重症患者は５４人で、前週に比べ８人減った。ただ、４０、５０代の入院患者が増加しているため、今後、重症者も増える可能性がある。（2021/07/15-17:39）

The seven-day average of daily new COVID-19 cases in Tokyo is projected to exceed 2,400 in four weeks if infections continue to spread at the current pace, experts said Thursday.
   The seven-day average, which stood at 817.1 as of Wednesday, up 31 pct from a week before, could climb to 2,406 shortly after the Aug. 8 closing ceremony of the Tokyo Olympics, according to the estimate, presented at a Tokyo metropolitan government meeting.
   While the number of infection cases among elderly residents is expected to fall on the back of progress in vaccinations, those in their 50s are expected to account for 21 pct of hospitalized patients, the experts said.
   "The situation is severe," Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike said.
   In the Japanese capital, the number of severely ill COVID-19 patients totaled 54 as of Wednesday, down by eight from the week before.