2469 Confirmed Cases in Seoul by 9 PM... Highest Ever for Same Time Slot

COVID-19 Critical Cases Reach Record High, Medical Field Struggles...
(Seoul=Yonhap News) Reporter Hwang Kwang-mo = On the afternoon of the 14th, when the number of critically ill COVID-19 patients reached a record high of 906, medical staff wearing protective suits were busy moving a transferred patient who arrived at the emergency medical center of Seoul Medical Center in Jungnang-gu, Seoul, a hospital dedicated to COVID-19 treatment.
Until last week, the emergency medical center of this hospital also accepted general patients, but it was converted into a dedicated emergency medical center by the decision of the Seoul Metropolitan Government to support emergency situations of the rapidly increasing number of COVID-19 patients under home treatment.
On that day, the number of new COVID-19 confirmed cases was recorded at 5,567, the highest based on the day of the week, and the number of deaths also reached a record high of 94. In particular, in the metropolitan area, with 3,907 new confirmed cases, it is very difficult to find hospital beds for severely ill patients. 2021.12.14
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[Asia Economy Reporter Junhyung Lee] The Seoul Metropolitan Government announced that the number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Seoul was provisionally counted at 2,469 from midnight to 9 p.m. on the 14th, a 21-hour period.

This is the highest provisional count for the same time period ever recorded. It is 41 cases more than the previous record of 2,428 cases on the 9th of this month.

Compared to the same time on the previous day, the 13th (1,982 cases), there was an increase of 487 cases. Compared to a week ago on the 7th of this month (2,340 cases), there were 129 more cases. The total number of confirmed cases for the entire day was 2,062 on the 13th, and 2,901 on the 7th, which was the highest daily record ever.

Considering that there are still three hours left in the counting period on the 14th, the total number of confirmed cases for the day could exceed 3,000 for the first time.

The daily number of confirmed cases in Seoul has set the highest record five times since the government implemented the phased recovery to normal life (With Corona), including 1,436 cases on the 16th of last month. This month alone, the record was broken three times with 2,267 cases on the 1st, 2,273 cases on the 3rd, and 2,901 cases on the 7th.

As of 9 p.m. on the 14th, the cumulative number of confirmed cases in Seoul was provisionally counted at 189,638.

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