COVID-19 New Cases 3,538... 2nd Consecutive Monday with 3,000s (Update)

72 Critically Ill Hospitalized Patients... 10 New Deaths

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[Asia Economy Reporter Kim Young-won] On Monday, the number of new COVID-19 cases remained in the 3,000 range for the second consecutive week, showing a continuous decline.

On the 20th, the Central Disease Control Headquarters announced that as of midnight, 3,538 new domestic COVID-19 cases were added, bringing the total cumulative cases to 18,280,090.

The daily new cases on this day remained in the 3,000 range for the second week in a row, following the same day last week, the 13th. This is also the lowest number in five months since January 11 of this year (3,094 cases). Since the 10th, daily cases have stayed below 10,000.

The number of critically ill patients hospitalized due to COVID-19 increased by 2 from the previous day (70) to 72. The nationwide critical care bed occupancy rate is 6.7%, with 5.9% in the metropolitan area and 9.3% in non-metropolitan areas, all below 10%.

The number of new deaths was recorded at 10. By age group, those aged 80 and above accounted for the most with 4 deaths, followed by 2 each in their 70s and 50s, and 1 each in their 60s and 30s. The total cumulative deaths reached 24,451, with a fatality rate of 0.13%.

With 4,079 new patients added to home treatment the previous day, the total number of patients currently under home treatment is 40,841. Among them, 2,116 are in the intensive management group receiving health care from medical institutions.

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