On the morning of the 10th, a notice was posted stating that the rapid antigen test will be stopped from the 11th at the temporary screening test center in Seoul Station Plaza, Jung-gu, Seoul. The Central Disaster and Safety Countermeasures Headquarters for COVID-19 announced on the 8th that it will suspend rapid antigen testing at public health centers and screening clinics from the 11th. news
As the Omicron epidemic began to decline, the number of new cases remained at the 100,000 level for two days in a row. However, the number of deaths and seriously ill cases, which the government had expected to turn to a downward trend, has not decreased.
The Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (KCDC) announced that there were 164,481 new confirmed cases as of 00:00 on the 10th. There were 79,848 cases in the metropolitan area alone, including 28,901 in Seoul, 42,353 in Gyeonggi, and 8,594 in Incheon. In addition, Busan 5,985, Daegu 7,069, Gwangju 5,332, Daejeon 5,403, Ulsan 3,832, Sejong 1,353, Gangwon 5,662, Chungbuk 6,314, Chungnam 7,998, Jeonbuk 6,728, Jeonnam 7,802, Gyeongbuk 8,399, There were confirmed cases across the country, including 10,176 in Gyeongnam and 2,553 in Jeju. There were 27 confirmed cases imported from overseas.
The number of severe cases of severe severe disease was 1,114, an increase of 15 from the previous day, maintaining the four-digit number since the 8th of last month. The number of deaths that day stood at 329, nine fewer than the previous day. The total cumulative death toll was 19,421, and the fatality rate was 0.13%.
Among the new confirmed cases in Korea, the high-risk group over the age of 60 was 37,535, accounting for 22.8% of the total number of confirmed cases, and 34,683 under the age of 18, 21.1%. The elderly confirmed rate has been above 20% for the third day after the 8th. The utilization rate of COVID-19 beds is 58.2% for critically-severe beds, 62% for semi-severe beds, and 34.1% for moderate-severe beds.
Meanwhile, a total of 44,997,993 people have responded to the first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine since February of last year. The rate of primary vaccination is 87.7% of the total population. A total of 44,51,44,462 people have completed the second vaccination, or 86.7% of the population. The tertiary vaccination rate was 32,922,883, or 64.2%.
Kim Kyung-jun reporter ultrakj75@hankookilbo.com