The number of confirmed cases is 1.66 times the week before… Severity doubled in the previous week, the highest in 49 days
30 deaths and 1 additional death between 0-9 years old… Over 350,000 home treatment
Amid the resurgence of COVID-19, there were 68,000 new confirmed cases on the 23rd.
As the number of new confirmed cases continues to increase, the number of severe cases doubled to 140 in a week, the highest in 49 days.
The Central Defense Response Headquarters announced that as of 00:00 on the same day, the number of confirmed cases of COVID-19 increased by 68,551, bringing the total to 19,146,180.
The number of new confirmed cases today was 81 fewer than the previous day (68,632).
Usually, the number of new confirmed cases decreases on weekends and holidays according to the increase or decrease in the number of diagnostic tests, but increases at the beginning of the week and stagnates and decreases towards the end of the week.
The doubling phenomenon continued, with the number of new confirmed cases doubling every week.
The number of new confirmed cases on this day is 1.66 times higher than the 16th (41,303) a week ago and 3.88 times higher than the 9th (21,266) two weeks ago.
As of Saturday’s announcement, it is the highest number in 13 weeks since April 23 (75,422 people).
The number of new confirmed cases in the week from the 17th to today was 4326 → 26,279 → 73,558 → 76,381 → 71,150 → 68,000 632 → 68,551, an average of 66,96 per day.
Among the new confirmed cases, 293 were imported from overseas and 68,258 were locally infected.
The number of confirmed cases by region (including overseas inflows) was 18,380 in Gyeonggi, 14,830 in Seoul, 3,942 in Busan, 3,778 in Gyeongnam, 3,759 in Incheon, 2,943 in Gyeongbuk, Chungnam 2,676, Daegu 2,559, Jeonbuk 2,176, Chungbuk 2,140, Gangwon 2,30, Daejeon 1,976, Ulsan 1,865, Jeonnam 1,748, Gwangju 1 1,634 people, Jeju 1,589, Sejong 493, and quarantine 33.
As the number of new confirmed cases has continued to surge since the beginning of this month, the number of severe cases and deaths has also increased this week.
On this day, the number of seriously ill patients was 140, 10 more than the previous day (130).
It is double compared to the 16th (70 people) a week ago, and the highest in 49 days since June 4 (141 people).
The death toll is 30, one less than the previous day.
The number of deaths (31 people) on the previous day was the highest in two months since May 28 (36 people), and this day was also similar to the previous day.
Among the dead, 16 people (53.3%) aged 80 years or older accounted for the most, followed by 8 in their 70s, 5 in their 60s, and 1 in 0-9.
The number of deaths from COVID-19 between the ages of 0-9 was added by one additional person on the same day, bringing the total to 27.
The cumulative death toll was 24,855, and the cumulative fatality rate of COVID-19 was 0.13%.
The utilization rate of hospital beds is also increasing.
The utilization rate of intensive care beds nationwide was 18.9% (276 out of 1,458 used), up 0.7 percentage points from the previous day.
The utilization rate of semi-severe beds was 36.4%, up 1.6%p from the previous day, and the utilization rate of moderate-severe beds was 32.2%, up 0.7%p from the previous day.
As of 00:00 on that day, the number of confirmed cases in home treatment stood at 358,570, an increase of 29,565 from the previous day.
/yunhap news