<Anchor> As
a result of the government's assessment of the risk of COVID-19 after the phased recovery of daily life, the risk level in the metropolitan area was found to be 'very high' at the highest level. The number of beds has become more scarce, and the number of confirmed patients waiting for more than a day in the metropolitan area has exceeded 900.
Reporter Kim Yong-tae reports.
<Reporter> On
Monday, when the weather changed to winter, there was a queue at the screening center in Seoul.
[Corona 19 test subject: My friend was a confirmed patient, (I) came back negative, but I came to take another test.]
[Corona 19 test subject: I have three children, and I moved here to Seoul for education, but I am always anxious because of the corona virus. It's a continuum.]
This kind of anxiety is confirmed as an indicator.
The number of new confirmed cases fell below 3,000 in six days, but it was the highest on Sunday.
The average number of confirmed cases, severe cases, and deaths in the last week showed a marked increase compared to the previous week.
In particular, the high-risk group, the proportion of confirmed patients over the age of 60, rose from 24.5% last month to 35.7% in three weeks.
In the end, the government raised the risk of COVID-19 to 'high' nationwide and to 'very high', the highest level in the metropolitan area.
Compared to a week ago, it was raised by two steps each.
[Jung Eun-kyung/Director of the Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: It is considered necessary to review strengthening quarantine measures, including the application of an emergency plan, as (senior confirmed cases) can lead to severe and fatal cases.] The
shortage of beds is getting serious.
The utilization rate of intensive care beds in the metropolitan area has already exceeded 83%, and in Seoul it is 85%.
More than 900 people in the metropolitan area waited more than a day for a seat to be available due to tight beds.
Most of them were elderly and had underlying medical conditions, and 137 of them waited more than four days.
The government explained that in case of waiting for more than one day, it is being observed in accordance with home treatment.
He also announced that he would increase the bed turnover rate and increase the number of intensive care beds by 400 by next week.
(Video editing: So-Young Lee, CG: Soo-Hyeon Shim, VJ: Se-Kwan Oh)
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