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Yesterday (9th), there were 2,425 new confirmed cases in one day, and the number increased to 2,000 again in three days. The number of patients in severe cases recorded the highest number ever at 460, and in Seoul, more than 70% of the dedicated beds were occupied.



Reporter Park Chan-geun reports.



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This nursing hospital in Bucheon, Gyeonggi-do, started additional vaccinations for 300 employees who have been vaccinated against COVID-19 starting today.



With the recent surge in cluster infections in nursing hospitals and facilities, the government has advanced the schedule by 4 weeks to require a booster vaccination 5 months after completion of the vaccination.



[Lee Da-eun / Nursing Hospital Staff: There are a lot of breakthrough infections in the nursing hospital, so I thought that I shouldn’t cause damage to others… .] The



number of patients with severe severe cases increased by 35 in one day, recording an all-time high of 460.



When looking at the age of patients with weekly severe heart disease, the number of young people decreased, and the proportion of those in their 60s or older increased to 79%.



The rate of exacerbation to severe disease was only 0.56% of those who completed the vaccination, but the rate of those who had not been vaccinated or did not complete the vaccination was 2.93%, more than five times higher.



[Sohn Young-rae/Chairman of Social Strategy Team, Central Accident Remediation Headquarters: I think that how much the total number of unvaccinated confirmed patients will increase will be a major indicator of the rate of increase in critically ill patients in the future… .]



There are 1,121 intensive care beds across the country that can treat patients with severe gastritis, and the bed occupancy rate was 57.2%.



In particular, in Seoul, with 71.3%, only 99 intensive care beds remain.



The quarantine authorities said that if the situation becomes more serious, such as the utilization rate of intensive care beds exceeding 75%, they can suspend daily recovery and begin emergency plans such as strong distance, and the conditions for enforcement will be announced on the 16th.



(Video coverage: Cho Chun-dong, video editing: Choi Eun-jin, CG: Kang Yu-ra)  



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