コロナ病床、２．７万超確保へ　感染拡大に対応―厚労省まとめ

　厚生労働省は２８日、新型コロナウイルス対応で都道府県が策定した病床確保計画の取りまとめ結果を公表した。新型コロナ患者を受け入れる病床を、合計でピーク時に２万７０００床超、無症状や軽症患者向けの宿泊療養施設を２万１０００室超それぞれ確保する方針。感染状況に応じてコロナ対応の病床を増やす内容で、通常診療との両立を目指す。
　厚労省は６月、コロナ患者受け入れの計画策定を都道府県に要請。若者中心と高齢者中心の二つの感染拡大に関するモデルを示し、１日当たりの新規感染者数や入院者数を推計した上で、必要な病床を確保するよう求めていた。（2020/08/28-18:04）

Japan's health ministry said Friday that over 27,000 hospital beds will be secured across the country for treating patients of the novel coronavirus at the peak of infections.
   According to plans drawn up by the country's 47 prefectures, more than 21,000 rooms will also be secured at accommodation facilities at the peak time for quarantining people with light or no symptoms of the virus, the ministry said.
   The plans seek to balance medical institutions' responses to coronavirus patients with treatments of people with other diseases or injuries by adjusting the number of beds for patients of the virus in line with the state of infections.
   In June, the ministry requested the 47 prefectures to draw up plans for medical institutions to accept coronavirus patients. Specifically, the prefectural governments were asked to secure necessary hospital beds after estimating the daily numbers of infections and patients needing hospitalization, based on two scenarios--one assuming the spread of the virus mainly among young people and the other among elderly people.
   Based on the estimates by the prefectures, the daily count of new infection cases will reach a maximum of 2,788 nationwide. Meanwhile, the combined number of hospitalized patients and people being quarantined at accommodation facilities is seen peaking at 36,556. Of them, the number of hospitalized patients will reach 20,780, including 2,928 with severe symptoms.