Gyeonggi Reports 255 New COVID-19 Cases Yesterday... 11 Additional Deaths Recorded

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[Asia Economy Reporter Eunmo Koo] Gyeonggi Province announced on the 25th that 255 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 were reported, bringing the cumulative total to 13,259 as of midnight on the 26th. Among the new cases, 250 were locally transmitted and 5 were imported. There were 11 deaths, raising the province's total COVID-19 death toll to 224.

Over the past week, the daily death toll has remained around 10. From the 19th to the 25th, the daily deaths were 8 → 9 → 9 → 11 → 11 → 10 → 11.

All 11 deceased were elderly individuals aged between 60 and 90. Among them, 9 died while receiving treatment at COVID-19 dedicated hospitals (1 at National Health Insurance Service Ilsan Hospital, 3 at Gyeonggi Provincial Medical Center Pocheon Hospital, 2 at Icheon Hospital, 1 at Paju Hospital, 1 at Anseong Hospital, and 1 at Chungnam National University Hospital). The remaining 2 passed away at nursing hospitals under cohort (same group) isolation.

The 2 deaths at nursing hospitals were patients in their 70s and 90s who tested positive on the 11th at Bucheon Hyoplus Nursing Hospital, where a cluster infection occurred, and died on the 25th, 14 days later. One of those who died while being treated at a dedicated hospital was a person in their 60s infected at Hyoplus Nursing Hospital; after testing positive on the 14th, they were transferred to the Armed Forces Daejeon Hospital on the 18th, and then moved to Chungnam National University Hospital on the 23rd, where they later died. Among the 11 deaths added on this day, 5 were related to infections at Hyoplus Nursing Hospital. The cumulative death toll at Hyoplus Nursing Hospital has risen to about 30.

In Gyeonggi Province, 10 additional COVID-19 treatment beds were secured at Gyeonggi Provincial Medical Center Uijeongbu Hospital, increasing the total to 946 beds, but the situation remains insufficient. As of midnight, the bed occupancy rate was 85.7%, up from 84.2% the previous day. Of the 59 intensive care beds, 57 are occupied, leaving 2 available.

The occupancy rate of the seven residential treatment centers dropped to 54.3% from 56.9% the previous day. There are 1,481 beds available at residential treatment centers. There are 125 patients waiting at hospitals without assigned beds and 51 waiting at residential treatment centers. Among anonymous tests conducted at 76 temporary screening clinics in the province, 33 new confirmed cases were identified.

Since the start of proactive testing on the 14th, a total of 409 confirmed cases have been identified through temporary screening clinics in the province.

Regarding new infections reported the previous day, 11 additional cases were linked to the nursing home in Munsan-eup, Paju City, where the first case was reported on the 19th, bringing the total related cases in the province to 35. Infections related to a nursing hospital in Goyang also increased by 17, raising the total related cases to 84.

Additionally, 1 new case related to a welfare facility in Paju (total 33 in the province), 3 cases related to Goyang B Nursing Home (total 40), and 3 cases related to a restaurant in Jongno-gu, Seoul (total 104) were confirmed.

Small-scale secondary infection cases, which are not classified as cluster infections, accounted for 120 cases (47.1%). There were 65 cases (25.5%) under investigation with unknown infection routes.

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