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(Seoul = Yonhap News) Reporter Kang Ae-ran = Korea’s new coronavirus infection (Corona 19) has 5 deaths a day. did.
In a briefing held at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Osong, Chungbuk, the Deputy Head of Defense Countermeasures Headquarters, Kwon Jun-wook, said: “This epidemic in the metropolitan area has many dangerous groups and it’s big”. It is a dangerous situation in which there is no case or in the opposite case, and the epidemiological investigation capacity is being tested ”.
Quarantine authorities pointed to the rapid spread of the infection and a high percentage of elderly patients confirmed as the cause of the increase in deaths.
Deputy Director General Kwon said: “The frequency of deaths is due to the large scale of occurrence, but also to the rapid rate of increase.” “The explosive increase in the Daegu and Gyeongbuk areas last February and the increase in the metropolitan area itself” There are some similar situations. “
He added: “There are so many deaths and the high proportion of people aged 60 and over is a very worrying situation,” he said. “This situation in itself has an impact on the scale of the increase in the number of gastric and severely ill patients.”
“After about a week to ten days after the patient’s outbreak, the number of patients with gastric / severe symptoms (continues) increases, and it generally takes about a month to increase the size of the deaths.” We believe the trend will continue ”.
In particular, quarantine authorities are paying close attention to the recent increase in gastrointestinal and critically ill patients, in addition to the increase in deaths. The number of severe and severe gastric patients continues to increase from the 21st to the present day, from 18 to 29 to 31 to 37 to 42 to 46 to 58 to 64.
The deputy director of Kwon said: “The possibility that the size of the deceased will increase sooner or later, and the appearance of serious and serious patients that preceded it is an indicator that tests the capacity of the medical system in relation to the response, as well as the COVID-19 quarantine “. If you are taking care of it, pay more attention to personal quarantine. “
According to Bang Dae-bon, a total of 5 people died the day before.
By age group, there are 1 in their 60s, 1 in their 70s, 2 in their 80s, and 1 in their 90s. By region, there were 4 in Gyeonggi and 1 in Seoul.
The route of infection has not been identified in 3 out of 5 deaths. One of them is a contact with the Woori Jeil Church in Yongin, and another is the case of the Songpa-gu family.
Two out of five were confirmed after death and three died during treatment after being confirmed.
Of the three who died after diagnosis, one died after being admitted to a medical institution for 8 days, and one was transferred to a medical institution after confirmation, but the condition rapidly deteriorated and he died the same day. The other was contacted by the confirmed person, and the condition worsened during self-isolation and he was transferred to a medical institution, but died the next day.
