More than 90% of Tokyo hospital beds for COVID-19 patients filled: government
2020-05-12 08:51:27 source：Reuters
May 11, 2020
TOKYO (Reuters) - More than 90 percent of hospital beds secured for COVID-19 patients in Tokyo have already been occupied, the Japanese Health Ministry said on Sunday, underscoring the pressing need to curb the further spread of the new coronavirus.
The ministry said 1,832 COVID-19 patients were hospitalised in the capital as of April 28, or 91.6 percent of the 2,000 beds made available for such patients.
The Tokyo Metropolitan government aims to boost the number of beds for COVID-19 patients to 4,000 eventually.
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