Osaka has stopped sending low- and medium- severity patients to hospitals. Approximately 450 of them are waiting it out in dedicated semi-medical facilities or at home. Some of those will need to go to the hospital soon. But higher-severity patients can't wait.
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Osaka had 472 patients hospitalized as of 4/24, and another 107 which were in the process of negotiating placement with a hospital. (e.g. "Sure, we will have a bed for you in 48 hours, please come in then.")
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That count (hospitalized plus waiting on a bed) is experiencing 6% growth. Day over day.
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It's worse than the aggregate stats would imply, too, because hospital beds aren't simply a fungible burst capable resource. Having an open bed on the other side of the prefecture doesn't help you. Stats on patients: http://www.pref.osaka.lg.jp/hodo/attach/hodo-38103_4.pdf …
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If you want a single-page look at hospital capacity relative to utilization, see http://stopcovid19.jp The view of current state reported there broadly tracks the one reported by NHK:https://twitter.com/patio11/status/1252836409406152709?s=20 …
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