新型コロナ感染者の７割、５０代以下　死亡は８割超が７０代以上―厚労省集計

　クルーズ船の乗船者を除く新型コロナウイルスの国内感染者は、約７割が５０代以下だったことが１３日、厚生労働省のまとめで分かった。死者の８割超が７０代以上だったことも判明。若者が軽症で済む一方、高齢者が重症化しやすいウイルスの特徴が改めて浮き彫りとなった。
　同省がまとめた１２日午後６時時点の累計では、死者は１０２人で、７０代が３７人、８０代が３６人、９０代以上が１１人で、７０代以上が全体の８２．４％を占めた。重症者は１３５人で、７０代３２人、８０代２１人などと高齢者に多い。
　死者は３０代以下がゼロで、４０代２人、５０代６人、６０代９人。重症者も３０代以下は７人にとどまり、最多は６０代の３９人だった。
　感染者は全体で７１２１人に上り、１０歳未満１０３人、１０代１６７人、２０代～５０代は１１００～１２００人台だった。５０代以下は計４９７９人で全体の６９．９％を占めた。
　同省担当者は「発生動向を見る限り、若い人たちでは重症化の割合は少ないことが示唆される。若者は知らないうちに感染を広めてしまう恐れがあるので、引き続き不要不急の外出や『３密』を避ける行動をお願いしたい」と話している。（2020/04/13-22:52）

People in their 50s and younger have made up about 70 pct of cumulative confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus in Japan, while those in their 70s and older accounted for more than 80 pct of fatalities, health ministry data showed Monday.
   The data exclude cases of infections among passengers and crew members of the Diamond Princess cruise ship, which was quarantined off Japan earlier this year over the virus.
   As of 6 p.m. Sunday (9 a.m. GMT), 102 people had died in Japan after contracting the coronavirus, including 37 in their 70s, 36 in their 80s and 11 aged 90 or over. Those in their 70s and older accounted for 82.4 pct of the total fatal cases.
   Meanwhile, fatal cases stood at zero among infected people in their 30s or younger, two among those in their 40s, six among those in their 50s and nine among those in their 60s.
   The number of patients with serious symptoms stood at 135, including 32 in their 70s and 21 in their 80s. That of severely ill people in their 30s and younger came to seven, while 39 people in their 60s had severe symptoms.