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The number of new corona19 confirmed 57,000 reached 50,000 for the sixth consecutive day, a record high.
The government is expected to announce a new social distancing adjustment plan on Friday.
Correspondent Kim Kyung-hee.
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Yesterday (14th), there were 57,177 new confirmed cases of Corona 19.
It has been maintaining the level of 50,000 for six days since the 10th, the highest number ever.
The number of patients with severe serious illness was 314, an increase of 8 from the previous day, and the number was in the 300 range for the second day.
Although it maintained the 200-person level for nearly three weeks earlier, as the number of new confirmed cases increases, the number of patients with severe cases is also increasing.
The death toll stood at 61, nearly three times higher than the previous day's 21.
After the introduction of a new test system that only conducts PCR tests for high-risk groups, the number of local clinics that can receive diagnostic tests has greatly increased to about 4,000 nationwide.
The number of at-home treatment patients increased by 13,000 in one day to 245,000.
General management groups can receive phone consultations and prescriptions at local hospitals or 24-hour medical consultation centers.
The quarantine authorities said that the number of medical institutions in charge of intensive care among home-treated patients has increased to 676, with the capacity to manage up to 200,000 people, and the utilization rate of critically ill beds is still stable at 26.8%.
In addition, 72% of critically ill patients 12 years of age and older and 66.5% of deaths occurred in the past 8 weeks as unvaccinated or incomplete.
The government said it was gathering opinions from all walks of life to announce a new social distancing adjustment plan on Friday.