SEOUL – South Korea has reported 1,062 new cases of the coronavirus, its third straight day of over 1,000, as authorities in Seoul warn that hospital beds are in short supply.
Seoul City said a COVID-19 patient in his 60s died at his home on Tuesday after officials failed to find him a hospital bed for days.
The city said an “explosive growth” in patients this month has resulted in an “overload in administrative and medical systems.”The figures released by the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency on Friday brought the national caseload to 47,515.The death toll rose to 645 after 11 more patients died overnight.
Among 12,888 active patients, at least 246 were in serious or critical condition, the largest number since the emergence of.