As COVID-19 continues to decline, the number of severe cases has also fallen to the 500 level in 62 days. On the other hand, the number of deaths that had fallen to the 80s the day before rose to the mid 100s again.
The Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (KCDC) announced that there were 76,787 new confirmed cases as of 00:00 on the 27th. The cumulative number of confirmed cases is 17,086,626. Among the confirmed patients, 18,258 (23.8%) were in the high-risk group over the age of 60. The number of children and adolescents under the age of 18 is 13,571 (17.7%). Compared to the previous day, the proportion of confirmed patients over the age of 60 increased by 3 percentage points, while those under the age of 18 decreased by 2.2 percentage points.
There were 33,556 cases in the metropolitan area, including 11,517 in Seoul, 18,415 in Gyeonggi, and 3,624 in Incheon. Others include Busan 3,027, Daegu 3,598, Gwangju 3,053, Daejeon 2,719, Ulsan 1,772, Sejong 589, Gangwon 2,955, Chungbuk 2,924, Chungnam 3,692, Jeonbuk 3,932, Jeonnam 3,634, Gyeongbuk 5,413, There were 4,649 confirmed cases in Gyeongnam and 1,237 in Jeju. The number of confirmed cases imported from overseas is 37.
The number of patients with severe severe cases was 546, a decrease of 67 from the previous day. It is the first time in more than two months that the number of patients with severe cases has fallen to the 500 level. On the other hand, the number of deaths, which fell below 100 the day before, increased by 59 in one day to 141. The cumulative death toll was 22,466, with a fatality rate of 0.13%. The number of inpatients is 647. The utilization rate of all hospital beds fell below 40%, showing leeway. The utilization rate for each bed was 31.4% for critically-severe beds, 37.2% for semi-severe beds, and 20.9% for moderate-severe beds.
Meanwhile, a total of 45,025,061 people have responded to the first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine since February last year. The rate of primary vaccination is 87.7% of the total population. A total of 44,54,512 people have completed the second vaccination, or 86.8% of the population. The third dose rate is 64.5%, which 33,083,544 people received. 1,249,409 people participated in the fourth vaccination, which was started mainly by the elderly aged 60 years and older, and 8.4% of the population aged 60 years and older completed the vaccination.
Oh Ji-hye reporter 5g@hankookilbo.com
