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Yesterday (31th), the cumulative number of confirmed cases exceeded 20,000 as the number of new corona19 confirmed 235.
In particular, the problem is that the number of severely ill and severely ill patients is increasing so rapidly that 25 people come out in a day, and the health authorities are struggling because there are not enough critically ill beds.
This is Choi Ho-won.
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The number of new corona19 confirmed in Korea increased by 235, and the cumulative confirmed number was 2,182.
In mid-August last year, it was about 15,000, but it increased to over 5,000 in 15 days.
Among the new confirmed cases, 222 were domestic outbreaks, excluding 13 foreign inflows, of which 175 came from the metropolitan area.
The number of confirmed cases related to the Sarang First Church in Seoul increased by 5 to 615.
The city of Seoul is planning to file a lawsuit for damages for infectious disease violations with Sarangjeil Church during this month.
In addition, the quarantine authorities said the number of severe or severe patients increased to 104, an increase of 25 in one day.
The problem is that there are not enough beds to accommodate them.
Currently, there are only 43 treatment beds for severely ill patients nationwide and 9 in the metropolitan area.
[Yoon Tae-ho/Head of the Central Disaster and Safety Countermeasure Headquarters: These are situations where we are having a lot of difficulty in securing the manpower that operates critically ill beds due to the refusal of our majors.]
Health officials also explained that large convenience stores that cook and sell their own food are considered rest restaurants, so food cannot be eaten in the store after 9 p.m.
However, pouring water or using a microwave on cup noodles is legally possible, so it cannot be banned, but he repeatedly asked us to refrain from eating at convenience stores as much as possible.