Amid distressing increase in coronavirus patients, South Korea is facing a herculean task of managing the critical patients whose number has increased by 11 times in less than 15 days.
According to government data, there are 104 critically ill patients going down with coronavirus, Yonhap News Agency reported. The number rose from nine, last reported on Aug. 18.
NEW RISE HAS BEEN LINKED TO CLUSTERS AND SPECIFIC CHURCHES
The country’s case toll has reached 20,182 Tuesday with 235 new cases. At least 15,198 patients have fully recovered and been released from health facilities.
A total of 324 patients have died due to the coronavirus in the country which has conducted nearly two million tests since the outbreak to diagnose the illness.
Given its initial successes made against the deadly infection, South Korea avoided to impose a full lockdown. However, it closed educational institutions as one of anti- coronavirus measures.
The government measures held the number of new cases under 100 until early August, but the country has seen a massive jump in the past fortnight.
It was in February that the daily cases climbed to peak 909 but the infection dropped massively in following weeks.