COVID-19 Severe Cases Below 1,000 for the First Time in 38 Days... 148,443 New Confirmed Cases

962 Severe Cases... Deaths Increase by 134 to 318 Compared to Previous Day

Citizens are getting tested at a temporary screening clinic set up at Seoul Station Plaza on the 12th. Since the 11th, the government has stopped rapid antigen tests at public health center screening clinics and temporary screening clinics, conducting only PCR tests. Photo by Kang Jin-hyung aymsdream@

[Asia Economy Reporter Kim Young-won] The number of critically ill COVID-19 patients hospitalized has fallen below 1,000 for the first time in 38 days. The number of new confirmed cases remained in the 100,000 range for the second consecutive day.

On the 14th, the Central Disease Control Headquarters announced that as of midnight, 148,443 new COVID-19 cases were reported, bringing the total confirmed cases to 15,979,061.

The number of new confirmed cases decreased by 46,976 from the previous day (195,419). On Thursdays, the number of cases was in the 100,000 range for the first time in six weeks.

The number of critically ill patients hospitalized was 962, marking the first time in 38 days since the 7th of last month (955) that the figure dropped to the 900s. This is 52 fewer than the previous day (1,014).

The number of deaths reported yesterday was 318, an increase of 134 from the previous day (184). After two days of deaths in the 100s, the COVID-19 death toll rose to the 300s. The cumulative number of deaths is 20,352, with a fatality rate of 0.13%.

The nationwide critical care bed occupancy rate is 51%, down 3.6 percentage points from the previous day (54.6%). The critical care bed occupancy rate in the metropolitan area dropped to 49.1%, falling into the 40% range for the first time since the 5th of last month (49.6%). The occupancy rate outside the metropolitan area is 55.4%.

Currently, the number of patients under home treatment nationwide is 953,318. Among them, 84,539 are in the intensive management group receiving health care from medical institutions. On the 13th, 163,342 new patients started home treatment.

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