320,000 new confirmed cases... 'Surge in critically ill patients' emergency

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With the government ahead of announcing a new distance adjustment plan, yesterday (30th), the number of new infections per day was counted at 320,000.

It is judged that the peak of the epidemic has passed, but the number of patients with severe disease has again reached the maximum.

Correspondent Choi Ji-sook.

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The daily number of new infections has fallen from 400,000 to the low 300,000s.

Yesterday (30th), there were 32743 new confirmed cases a day, which is a decrease of 74,000 compared to a week ago.

With the exception of 24 imported from overseas, all are domestically infected.

Although the government believes that the omicron mutation pandemic has passed its peak, the situation continues to be severe in terms of seriousness and mortality.

The number of critically ill patients in hospital stood at 1,315, an increase of 14 from the previous day, the highest since the incident.

Even after going up to 1,000, the number of patients with severe severe cases rose sharply, entering the 1,300 range from 1,200.

Yesterday (30th), there were 375 people who died a day, slightly less than the previous day, but as the number of patients with severe cases like this increases, it is highly likely that the number of deaths will continue to increase.

Hundreds of people die every day from Corona 19, and the cumulative number of deaths has risen to 16,230.

The government has repeatedly claimed that Omicron’s fatality rate is less than 0.1%, which is the same as the seasonal flu, but the fatality rate has also risen to the 0.12% level.

Most of the confirmed patients, except for the high-risk group, are automatically released from quarantine after a week without the concept of a full recovery after self-management.

In the midst of this, the government is about to announce a new distance adjustment plan tomorrow (the 1st).

It is known that a plan to ease the meeting once more with 10 people and business hours until midnight is being considered. Controversies over the effectiveness of the practically meaningless measure are also expected to continue.

This is Yonhap News TV, Choi Ji-sook.

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