New COVID-19 Cases at 65,433... Severe Cases Highest in 51 Days

Highest in 14 Weeks as of Sunday
146 Critically Ill Patients, Twice as Many as a Week Ago
Critical Care Bed Occupancy Rate Exceeds 20%

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[Asia Economy Reporter Lim Chun-han] Amid the ongoing resurgence of COVID-19, 65,000 new confirmed cases have been reported. The number of critically ill patients reached 146, the highest in 51 days.

On the 24th, the Central Disease Control Headquarters announced that as of midnight, 65,433 new COVID-19 cases were confirmed, bringing the total to 19,211,613. The number of new cases is 3,118 fewer than the previous day (68,551), 1.62 times higher than a week ago on the 17th (40,326), and 3.20 times higher than two weeks ago on the 9th (20,266).

Based on Sunday announcements, this is the highest number in 14 weeks since April 17 (92,970). From the 18th to the 24th, the daily new cases were 26,279 → 73,558 → 76,381 → 71,150 → 68,632 → 68,551 → 65,433, averaging 64,283 per day.

Among the new cases, 333 were imported, and 65,100 were domestic infections. The number of cases by region (including imported cases) are: Gyeonggi 17,297, Seoul 13,809, Busan 3,551, Gyeongnam 3,517, Incheon 3,490, Gyeongbuk 3,005, Chungnam 2,645, Jeonbuk 2,354, Chungbuk 2,257, Daejeon 1,986, Ulsan 1,984, Daegu 1,923, Gangwon 1,895, Jeonnam 1,776, Jeju 1,678, Gwangju 1,670, Sejong 585, Quarantine 11.

The number of critically ill patients increased by 6 from the previous day (140) to 146. Compared to a week ago on the 17th (71), it has more than doubled. It is also the highest since June 3 (160), 51 days ago. The number of deaths was 18, 12 fewer than the previous day. Among the deceased, those aged 80 and above were the largest group with 7 (38.89%), followed by 5 in their 70s, 4 in their 60s, and 2 in their 50s. The cumulative death toll is 24,873, with a cumulative COVID-19 fatality rate of 0.13%.

The nationwide occupancy rate of intensive care beds for critically ill patients is 21.3% (311 out of 1,458 beds in use), up 2.4 percentage points from the previous day (18.9%), surpassing 20%. The occupancy rate of semi-critical beds rose 1.7 percentage points to 38.1% from the previous day (36.4%), and the occupancy rate of moderate severity beds increased by 1.6 percentage points to 33.8%. The number of confirmed patients under home treatment is 388,171, an increase of 29,601 from the previous day.

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