[전국]New confirmation in Seoul,’most ever’… died while waiting for a bed

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In Seoul, the number of confirmed cases increased to more than 400 in one day, showing the highest increase in history.

There have even been cases of death while waiting for a bed to be assigned as the number of confirmed cases exploded.

Reporter Goo Su-bon on the report.

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The number of new confirmed cases in Seoul has exceeded 400.

This is the largest increase in history since the outbreak of Corona 19.

The daily number of confirmed cases in Seoul is continuing to increase rapidly, breaking the record high from the 2nd to the 16th.

The number of deaths also increased, increasing by five in one day, and one of them died while waiting for a bed.

[송은철 / 서울시 감염병관리과장 : 60대 서울시 거주자로 기저 질환이 있었으며, 12월 12일 확진 판정을 받고, 12월 15일 병상배정 대기 중 사망하셨습니다.]

He is a diabetic in his 60s, and the initial symptoms of Corona 19 were insignificant, so it was delayed in the order of bed assignment, and the symptoms rapidly worsened within three days.

The death rate of Corona 19 in Seoul has also approached 1%.

The dedicated hospital bed utilization rate is 86.1%, and there is only one bed left for severe patients who can be admitted immediately.

By the end of the year, the Seoul Metropolitan Government plans to secure 278 beds by designating five additional hospitals dedicated to infectious diseases, including the Red Cross Hospital, and to secure 18 beds dedicated to severely ill patients in stages.

In addition, we are planning to open all municipal life treatment centers within this week, and we are discussing ways to use university dormitories in the city.

[유재명 / 서울시 시민소통담당관 : 서울시립대에 520병상의 생활치료센터를 설치하기로 하고, 시립대 외에 서울 시내 주요 대학을 직접 찾아뵙고 설명드리고 있는데 현재 3개 대학으로부터 긍정적인 답변을 얻었습니다.]

When Seoul City uses a university technician as a life treatment center, it plans to implement measures to provide alternative accommodation for dormitory students.

YTN Goo Soo-bon[[email protected]]is.

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