New Confirmed Cases 28,214... Cumulative Total Exceeds 24 Million (Update)

532 Critically Ill Inpatients... 47 Deaths

[Asia Economy Reporter Kim Young-won] As the decline in the resurgence of COVID-19 continues, the number of new confirmed cases has fallen to the 20,000 range. The cumulative number of confirmed cases surpassed 24 million on this day.

According to the Central Disease Control Headquarters on the 11th, as of midnight, 28,214 new COVID-19 cases were reported, bringing the total cumulative confirmed cases to 24,004,887.

The number of new confirmed cases on this day is the lowest in nine weeks for a Sunday, since July 10 (20,383 cases). It is 43,913 fewer than a week ago on the 4th (72,127 cases) and 57,019 fewer than two weeks ago on the 28th of last month (85,233 cases).

The daily new confirmed cases over the past week from the 5th to this day were 37,530 → 99,822 → 85,529 → 72,646 → 69,410 → 42,724 → 28,214.

The number of critically ill and deceased patients, which are affected with a time lag from the occurrence of new COVID-19 cases, remains at a high level. The number of critically ill patients is 532, an increase of 7 from the previous day (525). As of 5 p.m. the previous day, the nationwide critical care bed occupancy rate was 32.6% (602 out of 1,846 beds in use), semi-critical 40.5%, and moderate 28.7%.

The number of deaths due to COVID-19 the previous day was 47, one less than the day before (48). By age group, 34 (72.3%) were aged 80 or older, 9 in their 70s, 2 in their 60s, and 2 in their 50s. The cumulative number of deaths is 27,476, with a cumulative fatality rate of 0.11%.

As of midnight on this day, the number of confirmed cases under home treatment was 382,255, a decrease of 24,254 from the previous day (406,509).

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