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Today (4th), the number of new COVID-19 cases is expected to record 5,000. It is around 5,000 people for four days in a row. The number of patients with severe cases is also increasing day by day, recording the highest number every day, and the shortage of beds is serious.



First news, this is reporter Lee Joo-sang.



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After a caregiver was first confirmed at Daegu Kyungpook National University Hospital on the 2nd, 14 people including patients and guardians were infected.



The hospital decided to quarantine most of its close contacts, including 63 inpatients who tested negative, in the same group until the 12th.



As the number of confirmed cases recorded around 5,000 for the third day, visits to each screening clinic continued.



[Office worker: I was contacted suddenly and tested for corona, because I was a close contact… All the staff came out



and started

testing.]

Along with the increase in the number of confirmed cases, the number of stomach and severe cases is the highest every day.



Of the total critically ill patients, the elderly aged 60 years or older accounted for 82.9%, indicating that the effectiveness of the vaccination has declined since more than three months have passed since the completion of the vaccination.



[Kwon Deok-cheol/Minister of Health and Welfare: Seniors over the age of 60, please be sure to receive the third dose. If you are over 60, you can get vaccinated by visiting a nearby hospital or clinic without prior reservation.] The



shortage of beds is also serious.



The utilization rate of critically ill beds in the metropolitan area has reached 90%, and there are several cases of transfers to nearby non-metropolitan hospitals as they are virtually saturated.



[Chungbuk National University Hospital official: s only severe beds 3 beds crabs in hospital beds remain quasi If Receive 70% of hospital beds in the capital of beds to receive Chungbuk patients'm not just 1]



Government metropolitan area by next month on the 13th Although we are openly recruiting one hospital specializing in infectious diseases, we are having difficulties in preparing beds to accommodate critically ill patients and recruiting medical staff.