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result of the weekend, the number of new confirmed cases of COVID-19 is around 5,200, and the number of patients in critical condition is around 1,000 every day. The number of omicron mutation infections increased by 49 in just one day.



Correspondent Park Jae-hyun.



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Yesterday (20th), there were 5,202 new confirmed cases of Corona 19, 5,144 cases were domestic, excluding 58 imported cases.



It is analyzed that the number of confirmed cases also decreased as the number of tests decreased by about 45% over the weekend and weekdays.



The number of seriously ill patients increased by 25 from yesterday, reaching 1,22 again, exceeding 1,000.



The death toll rose by 52.



Quarantine authorities expect that the effect of social distancing will not appear until next week.



[Lee, Sang - Won / Central Defense Headquarters epidemiological analysis renovated: will be one to two weeks for the pass, but the level you can expect a reduction by last week]



Corona 19 intensive care beds operating rate was 80% nationwide basis, 90% of the metropolitan area It is close to being virtually saturated.



President Moon Jae-in yesterday ordered that "public medical personnel be focused on corona patients and the medical capabilities of the National University Hospital, especially those with severe illness."



[Jeon Hae-cheol / Minister of Public Administration and Security: To increase the speed of securing beds and operational efficiency by converting usable hospitals, such as public hospitals in the metropolitan area, into infectious disease-only hospitals… .]



The quarantine authorities also decided to separately designate and manage a hospital bed for emergency delivery of confirmed pregnant women in the future in relation to the fact that a pregnant woman who was recently confirmed to have been confirmed gave birth in an ambulance because she could not find a hospital.



We also plan to set up an outpatient dialysis room for confirmed kidney disease patients.



We support 2,64 people at public health centers across the country to respond to screening tests and epidemiological investigations.



Meanwhile, the number of infected with the corona mutant, Omicron, was added 49 people in one day, bringing the total to 227.