A medical worker does a coronavirus test on a person at a makeshift clinic in Seoul in November. South Korea on Tuesday reported the most coronavirus deaths in a single day, as critically ill patients continue to pile up amid spiking cases, health authorities saidThe Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency (KDCA) said the country reported 40 additional deaths from coronavirus, sharply up from 11 reported a day earlier. An average of 19.6 people died of the COVID-19 virus per day over the past week, the authorities said. The number of seriously or critically ill patients came to 330 on Tuesday, up 35 from the previous day, according to the KDCA. The average fatality rate for coronavirus patients came to 1.42 percent, compared with a whopping 15.57 percent among those aged 80 or older as of Monday, the KDCA said.

Source: The Standard December 29, 2020 07:07 UTC