Health Authorities: 54 COVID-19 Patients in Critical Condition, 80 in Severe or Higher Condition (Update)

A COVID-19 cluster infection occurred at a call center on the 11th floor of the Korea Building in Sindorim-dong. On the 10th, quarantine officials from Guro-gu operated a screening clinic for residents in front of the Korea Building in Guro-gu, Seoul. Photo by Kang Jin-hyung aymsdream@

[Asia Economy Reporter Choi Dae-yeol] Among the confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus infection (COVID-19) in South Korea, 54 patients are currently in critical condition as of the 10th.

At a briefing on the same day, Kwak Jin, Head of the Epidemiological Investigation Team 1 at the Central Disaster and Safety Countermeasure Headquarters for COVID-19, stated, "There are 26 patients in severe condition and 54 in critical condition, totaling 80 patients classified as severe or above." The number of critically ill patients increased by 12 compared to the previous day, and severe patients increased by 3.

Critically ill patients refer to those who have difficulty breathing on their own and are on mechanical ventilation or using an extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) device. ECMO is equipment that artificially oxygenates blood outside the patient's body and returns it when the patient's lungs and heart are unable to properly exchange oxygen and carbon dioxide. Severe patients are those who can breathe on their own but have decreased oxygen saturation due to symptoms such as pneumonia and are receiving oxygen therapy.

As of 0:00 on the day, the total number of domestic patients is 7,513, of whom 7,212 are currently hospitalized or isolated, excluding those who have been released from isolation or have died.

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