New Confirmed Cases 99,837... Fatality Rate Drops from 0.12% to 0.11% (Update)

536 Critically Ill Hospitalized Patients... 44 Deaths

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[Asia Economy Reporter Kim Young-won] As the number of new COVID-19 cases reached the 90,000 range, the fatality rate dropped by 0.1 percentage points to 0.11%.

According to the Central Disease Control Headquarters on the 6th, as of midnight, 99,837 new COVID-19 cases were reported, bringing the total cumulative cases to 23,706,477.

The number of new cases decreased by 15,778 compared to a week ago on the 30th of last month. It is 50,370 fewer than two weeks ago. Compared to the previous day (37,548), which is Monday when the number of tests is low due to the weekend, the number increased by 62,289.

The number of deaths was 44, down 12 from the previous day. Since the 4th, the number of deaths has been decreasing from 79 to 56 to 44. By age group, 27 were aged 80 or older, 11 in their 70s, 2 in their 60s, 3 in their 50s, and 1 in their 30s. The COVID-19 fatality rate, which had been steady at 0.12%, dropped to 0.11% on this day. The cumulative number of deaths is 27,193.

The number of critically ill patients hospitalized is 536. Although it had been increasing daily since the 2nd, it decreased by 26 from the previous day (562). The nationwide critical care bed occupancy rate is 36.4%, with 35.7% in the metropolitan area and 37.9% in non-metropolitan areas.

An additional 87,412 new patients began home treatment, bringing the total number of COVID-19 patients currently under home treatment to 443,075.

Three people were vaccinated with 'Skycovione,' which began vaccination the previous day.

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