South Korea is in the thick of an increasingly serious Covid-19 outbreak.

Its authorities have just announced 256 more confirmed patients on Friday (Feb. 28) morning.

[속보] '코로나19' 추가 확진자 256명...국내 총 2022명

— KBS 뉴스 (@KBSnews) February 28, 2020

This brings the total to 2,022 cases. Most of the new cases were from Daegu.

Here's a breakdown of the cases by region, according to a local reporter:

Confirmed #CoronaVirus cases by region in S.Korea(Feb 28 0900 KST)
Seoul-62
Busan-63
Daegu-1,314
Incheon-4
Gwangju-9
Daejeon-13
Ulsan-11
Sejong-1
Gyeonggi-do-66
Gangwon-do-6
Chungbuk-do-9
Chungnam-do-16
Jeonbuk-do-5
Jeonnam-do-1
Gyeongbuk-do-394
Gyeongnam-do-46
Jeju-2
Total-2,022

— Jaehwan Cho 조재환 (@hohocho) February 28, 2020

One result of this spike in cases is the shortage of hospital beds that is likely to plague multiple parts of South Korea, especially the smaller cities and worse-hit regions.

According to Yonhap News Agency, out of 1,017 confirmed Covid-19 patients in Daegu, only 447 were by Friday morning admitted to hospitals. The rest are waiting for beds while in self-quarantine at home.

Top photo via Maeil Shinmun