"One in Three COVID-19 Deaths Occur in Nursing Hospitals and Facilities"
42.7% of Deaths Counted 3 Days After Death Confirmation
On the 16th, as the number of deaths continues to record the highest ever amid the surge of COVID-19 cases, the Ministry of Health and Welfare announced that it will operate 60 cremation facilities nationwide intensively until mid-April. Through this, the average daily operation per existing cremator, which was 3.3 times (1,044 cases), will be increased to at least 5 times, and up to 7 times in the metropolitan area and large cities, enabling the cremation of 1,580 people per day. The photo shows the Seoul Municipal Crematorium in Goyang-si, Gyeonggi-do on the day. Photo by Moon Honam munonam@
View original image[Asia Economy Reporter Kim Young-won] In the past week, one out of every three COVID-19 deaths occurred in nursing hospitals or care facilities.
According to the Central Disease Control Headquarters (CDCH) on the 22nd, among the 1,835 COVID-19 deaths reported from the 11th to the 17th, 647 cases, or 35.3%, were deaths that occurred in nursing hospitals and care facilities.
The number of deaths in medical institutions other than nursing hospitals and facilities was 62.5% (1,147), and deaths at home or during transport accounted for 2.2% (41).
The time from death determination to being recorded as a 'COVID-19 related death' also varied. Among the 1,835 deaths during this period, 1,050 (57.2%) were classified as deaths within three days of the reporting date, which was the highest, but 42.7% (785) were recorded more than three days after death determination. Deaths recorded between three days and one week after the reporting date numbered 637 (34.7%), and those recorded after more than two weeks were 148 (8.0%).
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The majority of deaths were among confirmed cases aged 60 and older. According to CDCH data, among the 1,957 COVID-19 deaths in the third week of March (13th to 19th), ▲ those in their 80s accounted for 62.9% (1,232), ▲ those in their 70s 21.1% (413), and ▲ those in their 60s 10.3% (201), with those aged 60 and above making up 94.3% (1,846) of the total.
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