New COVID-19 Cases Reach 200,000 Range... 1,007 in Severe Condition

186 Deaths, 0.19% Fatality Rate
56% Positivity Rate

[Asia Economy Reporter Ki Ha-young] As the Omicron variant spreads, the number of new daily confirmed cases has exceeded 200,000 for consecutive days, and the number of critically ill patients has also surpassed 1,000.

The Central Disease Control Headquarters announced that as of midnight on the 8th, there were 202,721 new confirmed COVID-19 cases, bringing the total number of confirmed cases to 4,869,691. This is 7,995 fewer than the previous day (210,716). The number of new confirmed cases on this day is 1.5 times the 138,990 cases reported a week ago on the 1st, and about twice the 99,568 cases reported two weeks ago on the 22nd of last month.

The number of critically ill patients has exceeded 1,000. As of midnight on this day, there were 1,007 critically ill patients, an increase of 52 from the previous day (955). The number of critically ill patients was in the 200s in mid-last month but has been increasing, reaching the 500s on the 23rd, 600s on the 25th, 700s on the 28th, 800s on the 5th, and 900s on the previous day. It has been 64 days since the number of critically ill patients exceeded 1,000, last occurring on January 3rd (1,015) during the Delta variant wave.

The number of deaths increased by 47 from the previous day (139) to 186, with a cumulative death toll of 9,282 and a cumulative fatality rate of 0.19%. By age group, those aged 80 and above accounted for the highest number at 110, followed by 45 in their 70s, 22 in their 60s, 6 in their 50s, 2 in their 40s, and 1 in their 30s.

Hospital bed occupancy rates are also rising. The total number of COVID-19 hospital beds is 49,553, with occupancy rates of 59.6% for critically ill beds, 63.1% for semi-critical beds, and 45.7% for moderate beds. The operation rate of residential treatment centers is 23.0%. The occupancy rate for critically ill beds decreased by 0.2 percentage points from the previous day, semi-critical beds by 1.4 percentage points, and moderate beds by 3.6 percentage points. Residential treatment centers also saw a 1.4 percentage point decrease.

The number of home treatment patients as of midnight on this day was 1,163,702. Among them, 179,187 are in the intensive management group, and 194,598 were newly classified as home treatment patients yesterday.

On the previous day, 401,916 integrated tests were conducted at screening clinics. As of midnight on this day, the test positivity rate was 55.9%.

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