30,881 New Cases... Lowest Thursday Count in 12 Weeks (Update)

363 Severe Patients... 46 Deaths

[Asia Economy Reporter Kim Young-won] The number of new COVID-19 cases has remained in the 30,000 range for three consecutive days. Compared to a week ago, the number decreased by about 2,000, continuing the downward trend of the outbreak.

According to the Central Disease Control Headquarters on the 29th, as of midnight, 30,881 new COVID-19 cases were added, bringing the total cumulative cases to 24,746,035. Among them, 30,629 were domestic cases, and 252 were imported cases.

The number of new cases on this day was the lowest for a Thursday in 12 weeks. Compared to a week ago on the 22nd (32,997 cases), it decreased by 2,116. It also dropped by 5,278 compared to the previous day (36,159 cases).

The number of critically ill patients hospitalized decreased by 12 from the previous day to 363. The nationwide critical care bed occupancy rate fell below 20% to 19.6%. The occupancy rate in the metropolitan area was 20.6%, while in non-metropolitan areas it was 17.5%.

The number of COVID-19 deaths was 46, the same as the previous day. By age group, there were 33 deaths among those aged 80 and above, 6 in their 70s, 4 in their 60s, and one each in the 40s, 50s, and under 9 years old. The total cumulative deaths reached 28,364, with a fatality rate of 0.11%.

The number of confirmed cases currently under home treatment increased by 1,729 from the previous day to 173,889.

For the winter vaccination using the bivalent vaccine targeting Omicron BA.1, 101,949 people had made advance reservations as of midnight on this day.

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