Among the confirmed coronavirus infection-19 (corona19) patients in Korea, patients with serious or severe conditions are recording double digits per day.

"The total number of corona19 diagnosed people who are currently diagnosed as severe or above is 87," said a briefing held at the Osong Disease Control Headquarters in Chungbuk on the 24th.

There are 25 patients with severe stages and 62 patients with severe stages.

Compared to the previous day, it was reduced by 2 people each.

Of those who are under 40s, 3 are serious.

It was found that one in their 20s and two in their 40s.

Quarantine officials consider patients with mechanical breathing or using an artificial cardiopulmonary device, ECMO.

Ekmo is a device that supplies oxygen to the blood drawn out of the patient's body and puts it back into the body if the exchange of oxygen and carbon dioxide is not possible due to a problem with the patient's lungs and heart.

Severe patients can breathe on their own, but suffer from oxygen saturation due to symptoms such as pneumonia and receive oxygen treatment or have a fever of 38.5 degrees or higher.

According to the quarantine authorities, the cumulative number of confirmed corona19 cases in Korea at 9 am is 9,37.

The fatality rate of 120 deaths compared to the total confirmed was 1.33%.

Among the fatalities, the number of men and women is the same, but the fatality rate for men is 1.72%, slightly higher than for women (1.08%).