New Confirmed Cases 23,583... "The Decline in the Outbreak Continues" (Update)

[Image source=Yonhap News]

[Asia Economy Reporter Byeon Seon-jin] The number of new COVID-19 cases decreased by about 3,300 from the previous day, falling into the 20,000 range.

According to the Central Disease Control Headquarters on the 14th, as of midnight, 23,583 new COVID-19 cases were added, bringing the total cumulative cases to 25,076,239. Among the new cases, 23,523 were domestic transmissions, and 60 were imported cases.

The number of new cases on this day decreased by 3,374 from the previous day (26,957), but was 1,285 higher than a week ago (22,298). Regarding this, Kim Seong-ho, the 2nd General Coordinator of the Central Disaster and Safety Countermeasures Headquarters, stated at the Central Disaster Management Headquarters meeting that "Today's new cases are about 23,000, slightly higher than last week, but the weekly average daily cases decreased by about 3,000 compared to the previous week."

The daily new cases over the past week from the 8th to this day were 19,425 → 17,647 → 8,976 → 15,468 → 30,535 → 26,957 → 23,583.

The number of critically ill patients hospitalized decreased by 29 from the previous day to 237. The number of critically ill patients over the past week from the 8th to this day was 287 → 305 → 311 → 313 → 262 → 266 → 237. The nationwide critical care bed occupancy rate is 18.2%, with 17.7% in the metropolitan area and 19.4% in non-metropolitan areas.

The number of COVID-19 deaths reported the previous day was 35, an increase of 10 from the day before. By age group, those aged 80 and above accounted for the most with 22 deaths, followed by 6 each in their 70s and 60s, and 1 in their 50s. The total cumulative deaths stand at 28,783, with a fatality rate of 0.11%.

The number of confirmed cases currently under home treatment is 121,631, with 24,066 new patients starting home treatment the previous day.

This content was produced with the assistance of AI translation services.