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As I said earlier, a man in his 70s who died in Daegu was a patient waiting at home because he had no ward. As the number of patients in Daegu and Gyeongbuk has recently increased, there is a shortage of treatment beds. Right now in Daegu, there are more than 1,100 patients, half of whom do not have beds.

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An additional 72 people died today (27 days).

Since the 22nd, she has been diagnosed with symptoms such as fever and cough and has been confirmed.

However, there was not enough room to be hospitalized, which resulted in severe shortness of breath while waiting in self-isolation.

[Kim Jong-Yeon / Deputy Director of Daegu Gamyoung Disease Management Support Group: Cardiac arrest occurred during the transfer process, and CPR was performed after arrival, but it is said that he died at 9:00 am.]

He was old and had a kidney disease 20 years ago when he had a kidney transplant, but he was still 'waiting for hospitalization' after the confirmation.

The health authorities have admitted that they have not been able to quickly sort and manage seriously ill patients.

It was difficult to handle the increasing number of confirmed patients at one time.

[Deputy Minister of Health and Welfare: The current number of patients in Daegu is increasing at once, which makes it difficult to timely classify according to severity.]

The number of confirmed patients in Daegu City is 1,132 as of this afternoon, and about half of them are still unable to receive intensive care.

Health officials say they will develop and apply guidelines to classify severe patients according to age, underlying disease, and symptoms.

(Image editing: Kim Sun-tak)