コロナ入院、確保病床の７割　重症者増は緩やか―東京都

　東京都は１３日、新型コロナウイルスのモニタリング（監視）会議を開き、医療提供体制を分析した。専門家は、都内の医療機関は入院患者の増加に伴い負担が重くなっていると指摘。病床使用率は確保している２４００床の約７割に達した。一方、重症者の増加ペースは緩やかで、２０人程度で推移している。
　７月１日時点で２８０人にとどまっていた入院患者は、１カ月超で約６倍の１６５９人（８月１２日時点）に膨らんだ。確保済み病床２４００床（うち重症用１００床）の６９．１％を占める。都は２８００床まで上積みする方針だ。（2020/08/13-17:52）

About 70 pct of hospital beds reserved for COVID-19 patients in Tokyo are now occupied, it was learned Thursday.
   The number of hospitalized COVID-19 patients in the Japanese capital rose about sixfold from 280 as of July 1 to 1,659 as of Wednesday, accounting for 69.1 pct of all 2,400 reserved beds including 100 for severely ill patients.
   The hospital bed occupancy is "nearing capacity due to the hospitalization of symptomless and mildly ill patients," Masataka Inokuchi, vice chairman of the Tokyo Medical Association, said at a metropolitan government meeting on Thursday.
   Inokuchi pointed out that it is necessary to develop a system to isolate in an efficient way people who have tested positive for COVID-19 but do not need to be hospitalized, while properly monitoring their health conditions.
   The metropolitan government now plans to increase the number of reserved beds to 2,800.