[속보] One year after the coronavirus outbreak, 404 new confirmed cases came out.

Citizens are undergoing diagnostic tests at the temporary screening test center in Seoul Station Square in Jung-gu, Seoul on the 19th, when the minimum temperature in the Seoul area reached -13 degrees Celsius. News 1

On the 20th, the number of new coronavirus infections (Corona 19) recorded 404, an 18 increase from the previous day (386).

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Bangdaebon) announced that as of 0 o’clock on the 20th, the number of new corona19 confirmed cases increased by 404, accumulating 73,518.

Looking at the path of infection of the new confirmed patients on this day, 373 people were local outbreaks and 31 people came from abroad. When local outbreaks and overseas inflows (excluding quarantine) are combined, there are 298 in Seoul, 139 in Gyeonggi and 16 in Incheon. Nationally, confirmed cases were found in all 16 provinces except Sejong.

The number of new confirmed cases began to decrease gradually in the new year, and recently fell to the 300 level, but increased slightly to the early 400 level on this day. The third pandemic, which started in earnest since mid-November last year, has peaked on the 25th of last month (1240 people) and continues to decline.

As of this month, the number of new confirmed cases per day 1027 → 820 → 657 → 120 → 714 → 838 → 869 → 674 → 641 → 657 → 451 → 537 → 561 → 524 → 512 The number of people → 580 → 520 → 389 → 386 → 404 was recorded, keeping below 1,000 people except for two days.

The number of deaths increased by 17 from the previous day to 1300. The average fatality rate in Korea is 1.77%. The fatality rate, which was in the 1.4% range at the beginning of this month, is on a steady rise with the recent increase in the number of deaths.

This day is exactly one year since the first corona19 confirmed in Korea. On January 20, last year, a Chinese woman in her thirties who entered the country from Wuhan in Hubei Province, China through Incheon International Airport, was confirmed for the first time.

In February and March of last year, the’first pandemic’ occurred as the number of confirmed patients poured out at the Shincheonji Church of Jesus Testimony (Shincheonji) Daegu Church. After that, the’second pandemic’ began in mid-August, centered on the Liberation Day urban rally, and the’third pandemic’ began in earnest from mid-November, and has been ongoing for more than two months. The 3rd pandemic reached its peak on the 25th of last month (1240 people), and then gradually turned to a decline. In particular, in the new year, it has entered a marked decline and has reached the 300-400 range.

Reporter Han Young-hye [email protected]