South Korea is concerned, patients in the hospital due to COVID have increased 6-fold!

Jakarta –

The number of hospitalized patients due to COVID-19 in South Korea rose sharply amid the outbreak of the virus this summer. In fact, it increased sixfold in four weeks. Health authorities report that this situation is happening in every part of the country.

According to the South Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency (KDCA) on Friday (9/8/2024), during the first week of August, 861 people were treated in 220 hospitals across the country. This figure is the highest since early February this year.

This significant increase in the number of patients occurred in just one month, driven by the Omicron KP.3 sub-reference.

In the second week of July, the number of patients treated in the hospital was recorded at 148 people. This number increased to 226 patients in the third week, and then jumped to 475 patients the following week. Health authorities believe that this upward trend will continue until the end of August.

From the latest data, the majority of patients treated at the hospital are those aged 65 and over, which is 65.2 percent of the total patients treated treatment. At the same time, the age group 50-64 years made up 18.1 percent of the patient population.

Despite the increase in the number of patients treated, the KDCA said that more than 90 percent of them experienced only mild symptoms.

(juice/juice)