As the Omicron mutation spreads, today (21st) new confirmed cases of Corona 19 recorded the mid-90s.



The Central Quarantine Countermeasures Headquarters announced that as of 00:00 today, there were 95,362 new confirmed cases, bringing the total to 2,058,184.



The number of new confirmed cases decreased by 9,465 from 104,827 yesterday (which was originally announced as 104,829 but was revised), making it 100,000 in four days since the 17th (93,131). under the name.



This seems to be due to the decrease in the number of weekend and holiday inspections.



However, compared to the 14th a week ago (54,615 people), it is 1.7 times, and it is 2.7 times more than the 7th (35,281 people) two weeks ago.



As the number of new confirmed cases increases, the number of patients with severe gastritis is also increasing.



The number of patients with severe severe disease is 480, an increase of 41 from yesterday (439).



This is the highest number in a month since the 20th of last month (488 people).



At the end of January, the number of seriously ill patients was counted at around 200, and the number of severe cases increased gradually and exceeded 400 on the 19th (408), and has since been approaching 500.



As a result, the nationwide COVID-19 severe hospital utilization rate was 35.4% (943 out of 2,664 used), up 2.9 percentage points from yesterday (32.5%).



The death toll stood at 45 yesterday, bringing the total number of deaths to 7,450.



The cumulative fatality rate is 0.36%.



Looking at the age of the deceased, 30 people were over 80 years old, followed by 11 people in their 70s, 3 people in their 60s, and 1 in their 50s.



The number of home therapists continues to increase.



As of 00:00 today, the number of at-home treatment patients was 469,384, an increase of 18,891 from yesterday (45,493).



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