Number of General Beds Available for Rapid Admission of COVID-19 Patients and Patient Count Increase for 3 Consecutive Weeks

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[Asia Economy Reporter Byeon Seon-jin] The number of general hospital beds available for COVID-19 patients to be admitted without a separate bed allocation procedure, as well as the number of hospitalized patients, has increased for three consecutive weeks.

The Central Disaster and Safety Countermeasures Headquarters (CDSCH) announced on the 18th that this was the result of discussions on the status survey of general hospital bed admissions, chaired by Lee Sang-min, the 2nd Deputy Head of CDSCH (Minister of the Ministry of the Interior and Safety). The government collects the status of general hospital beds once a week with the cooperation of local governments.

According to the 17th survey conducted from the 11th to the 16th, 13,148 general hospital beds are in operation at 681 hospitals nationwide. The number of general beds has been increasing in the last three surveys: 12,202 in the 15th, 12,790 in the 16th, and 13,148 in the 17th.

The number of patients admitted to general beds has also shown an upward trend during the same period: 3,375 in the 15th, 3,750 in the 16th, and 4,814 in the 17th. The CDSCH explained that this increase is due to the activation of voluntary admission of COVID-19 patients using the general medical system.

The government plans to continuously monitor the status of general bed admissions and support information guidance so that COVID-19 patients in the community can be promptly admitted to general beds.

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