新型コロナ、沖縄で６００人前後感染　暫定値、前日の倍以上に

　沖縄県は５日、新型コロナウイルスの新規感染者が暫定値で６００人前後に上ると発表した。前日の２倍以上に上る。変異株「オミクロン株」の市中感染が広がっており、県は特別措置法に基づく「まん延防止等重点措置」の適用要請をめぐり、医療関係者や経済界の意見を聞く。
　沖縄県の新規感染者は昨年１２月２０日まで１桁で推移していたが、同月下旬に米軍基地従業員のオミクロン株感染が確認されて以降急増した。今月３日には１３０人に達し、４日も２２５人が確認された。
　２０～４０代を中心に感染が広がり、４日時点で病床使用率は約２割まで上昇している。玉城デニー知事は４日の記者会見で「もはや第６波に突入した」との認識を示した。（2022/01/05-11:47）

The Okinawa prefectural government said Wednesday that it provisionally expects new COVID-19 cases to total around 600 in the day, more than double the previous day's level.
   The surge is due to the spread of the highly transmissible omicron variant of the novel coronavirus in the southernmost Japan prefecture.
   The Okinawa government is poised to hear from medical experts and business people about the advisability of asking the central government for the implementation of pre-emergency COVID-19 measures in the prefecture under the country's special law on the fight against the virus.
   In Okinawa, daily COVID-19 cases stood below 10 until Dec. 20 last year.
   But new cases began soaring since a worker at a U.S. military base in the prefecture was found with the omicron variant later that month. The daily count reached 130 on Monday and 225 on Tuesday, with infections spreading mainly among people in their 20s to 40s.