Newly Confirmed Cases 19,323... More Than Double Compared to a Week Ago (Update)

62 Critically Ill Hospitalized Patients... 12 Deaths
Non-Capital Region Critical Care Bed Occupancy Rises to 10% Range

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[Asia Economy Reporter Kim Young-won] The number of new COVID-19 cases has more than doubled compared to the same day last week. Along with this, the utilization rate of severe illness hospital beds and the number of patients receiving home treatment are also on the rise.

On the 8th, the Central Disease Control Headquarters announced that as of midnight, 19,323 new domestic COVID-19 cases were confirmed, bringing the total cumulative cases to 18,471,172.

The number of new cases on this day increased by 9,801, or 2.03 times, compared to 9,522 cases reported a week earlier on the 1st. Daily new cases have exceeded 18,000 consecutively since the 5th. Imported cases from overseas were 191, marking over 100 cases daily for 15 consecutive days.

The number of severe COVID-19 patients hospitalized increased by 6 from the previous day to 62. The nationwide utilization rate of severe illness hospital beds is 7.8%. Among these, the bed utilization rate in the metropolitan area is 7.1%, but in non-metropolitan areas, it rose to 10.3%, returning to the 10% range just 20 days after dropping to single digits on the 19th of last month.

The number of new deaths increased by 2 from the previous day to 12. By age group, 5 were aged 80 or older, 6 were in their 70s, and 1 was in their 60s. The total cumulative death toll is 24,605, with a fatality rate of 0.13%.

On the previous day, 18,646 new patients began home treatment, bringing the total number of patients currently under home treatment to 86,120. Among them, 3,218 are in the intensive management group receiving health care from medical institutions. The total number of home treatment patients increased from the 70,000 range the previous day to over 80,000 on this day. The intensive management group also rose from the 2,000 range to the 3,000 range during the same period.

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