13,302 New COVID-19 Cases... 226 Critically Ill Patients (Update)

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[Asia Economy Reporter Byeon Seon-jin] As COVID-19 has recently entered a phase of resurgence, the number of new confirmed cases reached the 14,000 range.

According to the Central Disease Control Headquarters on the 24th, as of midnight, 14,302 new COVID-19 cases were added, bringing the total cumulative confirmed cases to 25,311,636. Among these, 14,246 were domestic cases, and 56 were imported cases.

The number of new cases on this day decreased by 11,964 compared to the previous day (26,256), but it was 3,262 more than a week ago on the 17th. Compared to two weeks ago (8,981), it increased by 5,321. The health authorities observe that the number of COVID-19 cases is rising recently and the rate of decline is slowing. Experts believe there is a high possibility of a winter resurgence occurring between November and December.

The number of critically ill patients hospitalized increased by 14 to 226. Over the past week from the 18th to this day, the number of critically ill patients has been 247 → 243 → 249 → 233 → 196 → 212 → 226. The nationwide critical care bed occupancy rate is 20.6%, with 19.5% in the metropolitan area and 23.6% in non-metropolitan areas.

The number of COVID-19 deaths reported the previous day was 10, which is 6 fewer than the day before. By age group, those aged 80 and above accounted for half with 5 deaths, followed by 1 in their 70s and 4 in their 60s. The total cumulative deaths reached 29,000, with a fatality rate of 0.11%. Currently, 149,648 confirmed patients are under home treatment, with 16,516 new patients starting home treatment the previous day.

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