Teenagers, 0-9 years old, one person died… Over 200,000 confirmed cases of home treatment
2,428 more people than yesterday, 2.04 times last week… 17 severe cases, 16 deaths
As the COVID-19 epidemic re-spreads, the number of new confirmed cases on Saturday, the 16th, recorded 41,000.
The Central Defense Response Headquarters announced that as of 00:00 on the same day, the number of confirmed COVID-19 cases increased by 41,310, bringing the total to 18,721,415.
The number of new confirmed cases today is the highest in 66 days since May 11 (43,908 people).
This is an increase of 2,428 from the previous day (38,882).
Usually, the number of new confirmed cases decreases on weekends and Mondays as diagnostic tests decrease on weekends and holidays, increases in the early to mid-week, and decreases once more toward the end of the week.
The increase in the number of confirmed cases even as of Saturday’s announcement can be interpreted as a signal that the increase in the spread of COVID-19 has become more pronounced.
On this day, the number of new confirmed cases soared to regarding 2.04 times the number of the 9th (22,273) a week ago and 3.85 times the number of the 2nd (1712) two weeks ago. The ‘doubling’ phenomenon continued.
As of Saturday, it is the highest record in 11 weeks since April 30 (43,275 people).
From the 10th to this day, the number of daily new confirmed cases was 20,402 → 12,682 → 37,349 → 42,61 → 39,196 → 38,882 People → 41,310 people, an average of 32,865 people per day.
Among the new confirmed cases, 287 cases were imported from overseas, and 41,23 cases were domestically infected, excluding cases imported from overseas.
The number of confirmed cases by region (including overseas inflows) was 11,448 in Gyeonggi, 9,457 in Seoul, 2,617 in Busan, 2,299 in Gyeongnam, 2,127 in Incheon, 1,622 in Gyeongbuk, and 1 in Chungnam. 1,640, Daegu 1,335, Chungbuk 1,283, Ulsan 1178, Jeonbuk 1145, Gangwon 1,111, Daejeon 1,55, Jeju 967, Jeonnam 889, Gwangju 812 305 people in Sejong, and 20 people in quarantine.
The number of patients with severe severe cases is 70, an increase of 5 from the previous day.
The utilization rate of intensive care beds was 13.2% (188 out of 1,429), up 1.3 percentage points (P) from the previous day.
The utilization rate of beds with mild symptoms was 25.5%, up 1.9%p from the previous day, and the utilization rate of beds with moderate symptoms rose 2.1%p to 20.0%, respectively.
Although the recent number of patients is not at a level that puts a burden on the medical system, the bed utilization rate continues to rise.
As of 00:00 on the same day, the number of confirmed cases in home treatment stood at 197,469, an increase of 21,189 from the previous day.
The number of confirmed cases of COVID-19 that died the day before was 16, the same as the previous day.
There was one fatality each among teenagers and 0-9 years old.
As a result, the total number of teenagers who died from COVID-19 rose to 14, and 25 for those aged 0-9.
Nine (56.2%) of those who died the day before were over the age of 80, 4 in their 70s, and 1 in their 50s.
Although the number of deaths itself is not large, it is on the rise, and the index has deteriorated, with deaths among teenagers and younger.
The cumulative death toll was 24,728, and the cumulative fatality rate of COVID-19 was 0.13%.
/yunhap news
