都内受け入れ未定６０００人超　新型コロナ、１週間で倍増―厚労省助言組織

　新型コロナウイルス対策を助言する厚生労働省の専門家組織「アドバイザリーボード」の会合が１３日午前、開かれた。同組織は、感染者が急増する自治体では入院調整が難しい例が増え、新型コロナ診療と通常医療の両立が困難な状況が拡大しつつあると分析。東京都内では、入院先や宿泊療養先が未定で調整中の人が９日までの１週間で６０００人超に達し、前週の約３０００人から倍増したとのデータが示された。
　全国の新規感染者数については、「特に東京での急速な増加に伴い、年末から増加傾向が強まり、過去最多の水準の更新が続く」との見解をまとめた。年明け以降、中京圏や関西圏、九州などでも感染者が急増しているとした。
　東京などの大都市圏での昨年末の感染拡大は、職場の宴会や若者が飲食する場面が主な要因と分析し、高齢者へのさらなる感染拡大に懸念を示した。年明けからの全国的な感染者急増に関しては、「帰省による親戚との会食などが要因の一つと考えられる」と指摘した。
　感染者１人が平均して他人にうつす人数「実効再生産数」は、全国で感染拡大を示す「１」を超える１．１４（昨年１２月２７時点）との推定値が示された。各地の推定値（同日時点の直近１週間平均）は、緊急事態宣言が出た１都３県では、東京１．０９、埼玉１．０６、千葉１．２３、神奈川１．０９だった。１３日に宣言対象に追加される大阪府は１．８４と高水準だった。（2021/01/13-12:37）

The number of people in Tokyo who were unable to find hospitals or other facilities for treatment after testing positive for the novel coronavirus totaled more than 6,000 as of Saturday, a health ministry panel of experts said Wednesday.
   The figure had almost doubled from a week before, according to the panel. In more and more areas where infections are surging, local authorities are struggling to get coronavirus patients into hospitals or other facilities, the panel said, adding that it is increasingly difficult to balance the treatment of coronavirus patients with patients with other diseases or injuries.
   The daily number of new coronavirus cases across Japan has been increasing rapidly since late last year, due mainly to a spike in Tokyo, and is expected to continue hitting record highs, it said. New cases have also been on the rise in the Chukyo central region, the Kansai western region and the Kyushu southwestern region since the beginning of this year, it noted.
   The Japanese government put Tokyo and the neighboring prefectures of Saitama, Chiba and Kanagawa, where the virus is spreading rapidly, under a fresh state of emergency over the novel coronavirus on Friday.
   The coronavirus spread in Tokyo and other metropolitan areas late last year mainly through corporate and other year-end parties and gatherings involving eating and drinking among young people, the panel said, expressing concerns over a possible further increase in infections among elderly people. One possible factor behind the nationwide surge in infections after the turn of the year was people making trips to their hometowns and dining with relatives during the year-end and New Year's holiday period, it said.