A citizen who visited a temporary screening test site installed in Cheonggye Plaza in Seoul on the 24th is being tested for COVID-19. News 1
The number of new COVID-19 cases fell to 30,000 for the first time in 76 days. The number of severe cases of severe disease also decreased for four days in a row, dropping to the 600 level.
According to the Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (KCDC), the number of new confirmed cases stood at 34,370 as of 00:00 on the 25th. Since the outbreak of COVID-19, the cumulative number of confirmed cases so far is 16,929,564.
The number of confirmed cases by region was 15,477 in the metropolitan area alone, including 4,763 in Seoul, 9,058 in Gyeonggi, and 1,656 in Incheon. In addition, Busan 1,072 people, Daegu 1,422 people, Gwangju 1,677 people, Daejeon 1,424 people, Ulsan 689 people, Sejong 416 people, Gangwon 1,280 people, Chungbuk 1,202 people, Chungnam 1,534 people, Jeonbuk 1,427 people, Jeonnam 1,788 people, Gyeongbuk 2,245 people, There were 1,973 confirmed cases in Gyeongnam and 734 in Jeju. There are 31 confirmed cases imported from overseas.
The number of patients with severe severe cases was 668, a decrease of 58 from the previous day. The death toll stood at 110, bringing the total number of deaths to 22,243. The fatality rate is 0.13% and there are 357 hospitalized patients.
The nationwide hospital bed utilization rate was 35.6% for critically ill beds. 43.5% for semi-severe beds, 24.1% for moderate-severe beds, and 13.3% for living treatment centers. There were 41,259 new home-treated patients and 509,696 total home-treated patients. Among them, 45,128 were in the high-risk group, the intensive management group.
Meanwhile, a total of 45,022,762 people have responded to the first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine since February of last year. The rate of primary vaccination is 87.7% of the total population. A total of 44,53,688 people have completed the second vaccination, or 86.8% of the population. The third vaccination rate was 64.4%, which 33,067,033 people received.
Ryuho reporter ho@hankookilbo.com
