Fukuoka Prefecture announced yesterday that 1,040 people were confirmed to be infected with the new coronavirus in the prefecture. The number of people infected in the prefecture surpassed 1,000 for the first time, far exceeding the previous record of 838 people on June 6. This includes 594 people in Fukuoka City, 128 people in Kitakyushu City, and 44 in Kurume City. The total number of confirmed cases in Fukuoka Prefecture is now 47,282. As of yesterday, 689 people were hospitalized in the 1,413 hospital beds that the prefecture had secured, and the utilization rate of the hospital beds was 48.7%. Of these, 16 patients are in serious condition requiring the use of a ventilator, and the utilization rate of 201 hospital beds for the seriously ill is 7.9%.
Source: NHK News