[Breaking] Authorities: "Rapid Spread and Older Age Groups... Death Toll Likely to Continue Rising"

[Asia Economy Reporter Han Seung-gon] As five new deaths from the novel coronavirus infection (COVID-19) were reported in a single day in South Korea, health authorities expressed concern that the recent rapid spread of infections and the high age range of confirmed cases may lead to a continued increase in the number of deaths.

On the 29th, Kwon Jun-wook, Deputy Director of the Central Disease Control Headquarters (CDCH), stated at a briefing held at the Osong Disease Control Headquarters in Chungbuk, "The current outbreak in the metropolitan area involves many high-risk groups and is large in scale," adding, "It is a dangerous situation where there is little to no gap between the timing of death and confirmation of infection, or even cases where this order is reversed, which is testing the capacity of epidemiological investigations."

The health authorities identified the rapid spread of infections and the high proportion of elderly confirmed cases as the causes of the increasing death trend.

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