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number of new confirmed cases exceeded 100,000 for the second day.

The number of patients with severe gastritis also rose to around 400 in almost a month.

Since there are so many confirmed cases, the number of critically ill patients is increasing with time lag.



Correspondent Seo Dong-gyun.



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Although the number of confirmed COVID-19 cases decreased by more than 7,000 from the previous day, it still recorded about 102,000.



The number of severe cases identified by the government as a major quarantine indicator has risen to 408.



It is the first time in 26 days since the middle of last month that the number has risen to 400 again.



In particular, over the past three days, when the number of confirmed cases around 100,000 poured in, there was a rapid increase of 95 people.



The number of daily deaths also exceeded 70 in a month.



[Kim Bu-gyeom/Prime Minister (Yesterday): Recently, as group infections are frequent in nursing hospitals and nursing facilities, the number of patients with severe cases is gradually increasing.

It is analyzed that the effect of the third vaccination is falling.]



401,137 home-treated people were counted.



The general management group, which accounts for most of the home treatment patients, had difficulties in providing medical advice as many local hospitals were closed over the weekend.



[Kang Kyung-bae / Home Therapist: I called for non-face-to-face treatment, but most of the hospitals close at 1 pm because it is a Saturday, and it is difficult to contact the doctor…

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Instead, it was not easy to connect the at-home treatment medical consultation center and public health centers, which were receiving calls.



In Gwanak-gu, Seoul, a 59-year-old man who was undergoing home treatment at 9:50 a.m. was also found dead.



After being confirmed yesterday (17th), Mr. A was being treated at home alone, and it is known that he had been in contact with his family until yesterday.



The government is expecting about 130,000 confirmed cases per day by next Wednesday, but as the number of confirmed cases increases, the difficulty in managing at-home care is expected to increase.



(Video editing: Lee Seung-yeol)