「通常医療と両立困難に」　重症者増加に危機感―都専門家会議

　東京都は２６日、専門家を交えた新型コロナウイルスのモニタリング会議を開いた。都内では新規感染者の急増に伴い、入院患者が大幅に増加。出席した専門家は、重症患者がさらに増加する恐れがあると指摘し、「今後通常の医療体制との両立が極めて困難になる」との危機感を示した。
　都内で確認された２５日時点の新規感染者数（７日間平均）は、１８日時点の３２５．７人から３９９．６人となり過去最多となった。重症化リスクの高い６５歳以上の高齢者も、１７～２３日は計３９０人確認され、前週の計２７４人から大幅に増加した。
　２６日時点の重症患者数は６０人となり、１８日時点の３９人から急増。会議に出席した東京都医師会の猪口正孝副会長はさらに増える可能性を示し、「冬は脳卒中など通常医療の入院患者が増加する時期だが、予定された手術や救急の受け入れを制限せざるを得なくなる」と訴えた。
　２５日時点の入院患者数は、前週から２０７人増え１５６１人となった。猪口副会長は「各病院で中等症以上の患者の占める割合が多くなっている」と話し、緊急性の高い重症者らの入院調整が難航している現状を報告した。（2020/11/26-16:23）

Experts on Thursday warned of the risk of Tokyo seeing a further increase in severely ill novel coronavirus patients and the non-coronavirus medical capacity in the Japanese capital being affected as a result.
   "It could become extremely difficult" for medical institutions to handle coronavirus and non-coronavirus patients at the same time, one expert said in a coronavirus monitoring meeting of the Tokyo metropolitan government. Newly confirmed coronavirus cases in Tokyo have been on the rise, leading to a surge in the number of hospitalized patients.
   The seven-day average of newly confirmed infection cases in Tokyo stood at record 399.6 as of Wednesday, up from 325.7 as of Nov. 18. The total number of people aged 65 or over who were confirmed positive for the virus came to 390 in the week to Monday, up sharply from 274 in the preceding seven days.
   The number of coronavirus patients in serious condition stood at 60 as of Thursday, up from 39 as of Nov. 18. Pointing to the possibility of the number growing further, Masataka Inokuchi, vice head of the Tokyo Medical Association, said in the meeting, "Although we usually see an increase in inpatients for non-coronavirus cases, such as stroke, in winter, we could be forced to limit the number of scheduled surgeries and that of emergency patients we accept."
   As of Wednesday, the number of hospitalized coronavirus patients in Tokyo stood at 1,561, up by 207 from a week before. "The proportion of inpatients with moderate or more severe symptoms is on the increase," Inokuchi said, suggesting that it is becoming difficult to find medical institutions that admit seriously ill patients in need of emergency care.