Gyeonggi Province Adds 3 Living Treatment Centers to Resolve Home Quarantine Confirmed Cases

[Suwon Ilbo=Reporter Park No-hun] Gyeonggi Province will additionally open three living treatment centers, including the Anseong Korean Standards Association Human Resources Institute, and promote securing additional capacity through collaboration with cities and counties.

Lim Seung-gwan, Co-Chief of Gyeonggi Province's COVID-19 Emergency Response Task Force, held a regular press conference on the 11th and said, "Gyeonggi Province is making its best efforts to secure beds to resolve the issue of confirmed patients in home quarantine."

As of 12:00 AM on the 11th, 138 people have not been assigned beds.

On the 10th, 334 people were unassigned, and on the 9th, 282 people, showing over 100 people daily unable to be assigned beds.

The Province plans to additionally operate three living treatment centers, with additional accommodation capacity of 138 people at Icheon SK Human Resources Development Institute, 230 people at Goyang Dongyang Human Resources Institute, and 286 people at Anseong Korean Standards Association Human Resources Institute, totaling 654 people.

Additionally, the Province will pursue securing additional living treatment centers through collaboration with 11 cities within the Province with populations exceeding 500,000 people.

Since it is determined that 24 medical personnel are needed per living treatment center, the Province will work to secure personnel through coordination with medical institutions.

Gyeonggi Province's bed securing plan proceeds in two phases. Phase 1, by the 20th, will expand beds through reinstalling negative pressure equipment and opening an additional facility at Gyeonggi Provincial Medical Center Uijeongbu Hospital. In Phase 2, medical equipment and private personnel will be deployed to operate a total of 875 beds by the end of this month.

As of 12:00 AM on the 11th, Gyeonggi Province had 9,135 confirmed cases total, a 229 increase from the previous day, with confirmed cases occurring in 28 cities and counties within the Province.

Regarding the transmission route of new confirmed cases, there were 12 cases related to a religious facility in Anyang City, and 25 cases related to a daytime care center in Gunpo City, among others.

Among new confirmed cases, 78 elderly people aged 60 and above account for 34.1%, and 56 confirmed cases (24.5%) have unknown transmission routes.

As of 12:00 AM on the 11th, Gyeonggi Province secures 712 treatment beds for confirmed patients at a total of 16 hospitals, with 635 beds (89.1%) currently in use. Of 49 severe patient treatment beds, 47 are in use.

At Living Treatment Centers No. 3, 4, 6, 7, and 8, 762 people are admitted as of 18:00 on the 10th, showing a 60.9% occupancy rate, with 494 remaining accommodation capacity.

As of 22:00 on the 10th, 381 people are monitored under Gyeonggi Province's home care system across 21 cities and counties, with 24 transferred to medical institutions and 94 transferred to living treatment centers.

Meanwhile, due to insufficient medical institutions within the Province, 6 confirmed patients were transferred to Mokpo Medical Center in Jeollanam-do on the morning of the 11th.

Chief Lim stated, "COVID-19 is not an issue for only one region or specific city and province, but a matter that requires mutual support and collective cooperation to address," and added, "Gyeonggi Province will also take a more broad-minded approach to COVID-19 and actively provide support."