[속보] 344 new coronavirus confirmed… Concerns about re-proliferation remain

Input 2021.03.02 09:30 | Revision 2021.03.02 09:37

The number of new coronavirus infections (Corona 19) in Korea recorded 344 as of the 2nd.

The Central Defense Response Headquarters announced that as of 0 o’clock on the day, the number of new corona19 confirmed cases in Korea was 344, down 11 from the previous day (355). There were 319 local outbreaks and 25 foreign inflows. The cumulative number of confirmed cases is 9372.

In the last week, the number of new confirmed cases has been recorded daily 440→395→388→415→356→355→344.

Looking at the number of new confirmed cases by region on this day, ▲ Seoul 120 ▲ Busan 17 ▲ Daegu 12 ▲ Incheon 10 ▲ Gwangju Metropolitan City 4 ▲ Daejeon 1 ▲ Sejong 5 ▲ Gyeonggi 111 ▲ Gangwon 2 ▲ Chungbuk 5 ▲ Chungnam 4 ▲ Jeonbuk 9 ▲ Jeonnam 7 ▲ Gyeongbuk 4 ▲ Gyeongnam 3 ▲ Jeju 5 etc.

The death toll increased by one. Up to this day, the cumulative death toll was 1606, with a fatality rate of 1.78%. There are 135 patients with severe gastric disorders. There were 268 new quarantines, a total of 81338 people were released from quarantine. Currently, 7428 people are in containment.

The number of new vaccinations was 1,442, and 23,086 people (2191 AstraZeneca vaccine, 895 Pfizer vaccine) have completed the first dose of the Corona 19 vaccine.

In the case of major group outbreaks announced the day before by the Central Defense Countermeasure Headquarters, the types and locations of family and acquaintances, restaurants, day care centers, marts, churches, manufacturing sites, and ski resorts were not selected. 12 people, including workers and visitors, were confirmed at a restaurant in Yeongdeungpo-gu, Seoul, and 16 were positive in the case of acquaintances in Gwangjin-gu. Group infections followed, with a total of 14 people, including children, at a daycare center located in Dongducheon, Gyeonggi Province, and 22 at a box manufacturing site in Icheon, respectively.

Concerns about reproliferation remain. The infection reproductive index, which indicates the extent of the spread of the epidemic, has not fallen below 1. The national infection reproductive index for one week, compiled from the 21st to the 27th of last month, was 1.0. It fell slightly compared to the previous week, which was 1.12, but it has not yet fallen below 1. If the reproductive index of infection is less than 1, it means’prevention of the epidemic’, and if it is more than 1, it means’spread of the epidemic’.

The quarantine authorities feared that the amount of travel through outings, tours and meetings was increasing as the weather warmed. Deputy Head of Central Disaster and Safety Countermeasures Headquarters Kwon Deok-cheol said at a meeting the day before, “a lot of people flocked to major tourist destinations and large shopping malls around the country, perhaps because of the three-day holiday and the warm weather.” I am very concerned about whether it has disappeared as if it melted,” he said.