The bed utilization rate for critically ill patients rose to 17%… Home treatment for 60,000 people
Gyeonggi Province announced on the 17th that as of 00:00 on the 18th, there were 8,268 confirmed cases of Corona 19 in the province on the 17th.
The number decreased by 2,775 from 11,43 on the previous day on the 16th, but more than doubled, increasing by 4,281 from 3,987 on the 10th, the same Sunday a week ago.
The ‘doubling’ phenomenon, in which the number of confirmed patients doubled every week, continued for the second week.
So far, the cumulative number of confirmed cases is 5,05,171.
There were two deaths, bringing the total number of deaths to 6,300.
If you look at the number of confirmed cases by 31 cities and counties, Goyang City (818 people) exceeded 800, followed by Suwon (784), Hwaseong (764), Bucheon (601), Seongnam (567), and Yongin (564). was sequential.
Nine cities and counties including Gapyeong-gun (18 people) and Dongducheon-si (27 people) had less than 100 people.
The utilization rate of hospital beds dedicated to COVID-19 in the province was 20.7%, up 0.4 percentage points from the previous day (20.3%), and the utilization rate of beds for severely ill patients was 17.0%, up 0.6 percentage points from the previous day (16.4%).
The number of confirmed cases in home treatment was 64,421, an increase of 1,519 from the previous day (58,902), rising to 60,000.
The vaccination rates in the province were 87.6% for the first, 86.8% for the second, 64.0% for the third, and 34.2% for the fourth.
/yunhap news