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It was estimated that the cost of one person hospitalized in an intensive care unit due to Corona 19 reached 16 million won.
Although the number of new patients is decreasing, it is pointed out that vaccination and treatment prescriptions should be increased from an economic perspective in a situation where the severity and mortality rates are increasing.
Reporter Ki Jeong-hoon reports.
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As of 0:00 on the 27th, there were 4,026 new corona19 patients.
It was the lowest in 8 months since June 27 last year.
The number of new confirmed cases has decreased by 15% per week for 4 consecutive weeks, but the severity and mortality rates are reversed.
The weekly severity rate rose for four consecutive weeks, and the estimated weekly fatality rate also jumped from 0.07 in the fourth week of January to 0.13 last week.
[정기석 / 코로나19 특별대응단장 : 일시적인 현상인지, 아니면 확진자 숫자가 감소됨으로 인해서, 숨어 있는 확진자가 많음으로 인해서 오히려 치명률이 증가하는 것인지, 아니면 백신과 치료제 처방의 부족으로 인해서 감소하는 것인지를 살펴보고 있습니다.]
In particular, 93 to 94% of the deaths are concentrated in the elderly over the age of 60, but the medical response performance is extremely poor.
Currently, the improved vaccine vaccination rate for the high-risk group over the age of 60 is only 35.1%, and the treatment prescription rate is only 30%.
This poor performance also increases the economic burden.
Last year, the total cost of hospitalization for one severely ill patient due to Corona 19 averaged 16 million won.
It was the result of being hospitalized for an average of 11 days at about 1.5 million won per day.
Currently, the state bears the full cost, but when the corona emergency is lifted and the general medical system becomes a general medical system, even if you receive health insurance support, some of it is your responsibility.
[정기석 / 코로나19 특별대응단장 : 건강보험의료체계에 들어가게 되면 한 20% 정도는 부담해야 되니까 1,600만 원이 들었다면 20%를 곱하면 320만 원은 본인 주머니에서 내셔야 된다는 겁니다.]
It means that it is necessary from an economic point of view to actively get vaccines and take treatments.
The special response team introduced the results of a Hong Kong study that showed that taking a corona treatment reduced deaths by about 60%, and emphasized the importance of vaccines and treatments again, saying that more than 4,000 deaths were prevented in Korea.
This is YTN Ki Jeong-hoon.
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