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Yesterday (30th), the number of new corona 19 confirmed cases was counted as 248. It seems that the test volume decreased over the weekend, but the number of severely ill patients more than doubled last week, and it took an emergency to secure a bed.

This is reporter Song In-ho.

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Out of the 248 new confirmed cases, 238 are domestic outbreaks, minus 10 from overseas.

The number of new patients in the metropolitan area fell below 200 in about two weeks to 183, but health officials report that the number of tests on weekends decreased.

The number of severely ill patients continued to increase to 79, and the number of cumulative deaths increased to 324 as one patient died while being treated.

[Yoon Tae-ho / Head of the Central Accident Control Headquarters: 79 patients with severe and severe illnesses, more than doubled compared to last week, and there is a severe situation that can never be relieved.]

Health authorities have recently reported that the number of confirmed cases has increased rapidly. He explained that it takes time to get a bed assigned.

Patients who need inpatient treatment are required to be hospitalized within one day after confirmation, but those who are admitted to the Life Therapy Center with mild or no symptoms can wait for a while.

However, he stressed that even in this case, the public health center is making efforts to check for symptoms such as difficulty breathing and take necessary measures.

In response to the medical community's criticism of the lack of treatment beds for severely ill patients, it was decided to actively compensate for the loss of the treatment period for critically ill patients and to consider providing incentives.

Also, starting this month, we plan to pay compensation for losses to medical institutions that have been closed or suspended from work by corona19 confirmed patients.