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| ▲ When the COVID-19 mutant virus was spread in the UK, the government decided to oblige all foreigners to submit negative PCR (gene amplification testing) confirmation. The Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (KCDC) announced that the submission of the voice confirmation will be applied from the arrival at the airport on the 8th and the boarding at the port on the 15th. On the 3rd, a foreigner is being informed by a person in charge at the arrival hall at Incheon Airport. | |
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Corona 19 ‘3rd pandemic’ continued for more than a month and a half, and the number of new confirmed cases on the 4th reached 1,000.
It has increased significantly from the previous day, and has risen to the 1,000 mark again in three days since the 1st (1028).
The two days immediately before fell below 1,000 people for a while due to the effect of the decrease in the number of inspections during the New Year holidays. However, the number of examinations the previous day also decreased by 2,000 from the previous day and nearly 20,000 from the weekday immediately before the holiday, but the number of confirmed cases increased due to the aftermath of group infections at the Eastern Detention Center in Seoul and Gwangju Nursing Hospital.
Contrary to the judgment of the quarantine authorities that it is’passing the peak gently’, the spread of Corona 19 seems to remain the same.
In order to dampen the trend of patient growth, the government extended’social distance’ (2.5 steps in metropolitan areas, 2 steps in non-metropolitan areas) and’special quarantine measures for the year-end and New Year’ by 2 weeks until the 17th, and at the same time prevented group infections with various consumption. In order to block it, the ban on’private gatherings for more than 5 people’, which had been applied only to the metropolitan area, was also expanded nationwide.
Local occurrence 985 people… Metropolitan area 685 people, non-metropolitan area 300 people
The Central Defense Response Headquarters (Bang Dae-bon) announced that as of 0 o’clock on the day, the number of new corona 19 confirmed cases increased by 1020, accumulating 64,264.
It was 363 more than the previous day (657).
While the third pandemic began in earnest from mid-November last year, the increase in patients is not slowing down.
From December 29, 2020 to this day, for the past week, the number of new confirmed cases is 1045 → 1050 → 967 → 1028 → 820 → 657 → 1020 daily, rising and falling around 1,000. More than 100 new cases have been confirmed for 58 days from November 8 last year to this day.
During the last week (2020.12.29 to 2021.1.4), an average of 941 new cases per day occurred, and among them, the number of confirmed local cases, which is a key indicator of the adjustment of distance, was 915.3 on average per day.
Looking at the infection route of the new confirmed patients on this day, local outbreaks were 985 and foreign inflows were 35.
There were 344 more confirmed cases of local outbreaks than the previous day (641).
In the area where confirmed cases were found, there were 685 in the metropolitan area, including 324 in Seoul, 260 in Gyeonggi, and 101 in Incheon.
In the non-capital area, Gwangju 74, Busan 34, Gyeongnam 33, Daegu 29, Gangwon 28, Gyeongbuk 25, Chungbuk 23, Chungnam 22, Jeonbuk and Jeju 9 each, Daejeon 6, Ulsan 5, Jeonnam 3 people. There are a total of 300 confirmed cases in the non-metropolitan area.
In the case of major infections, there were 126 additional confirmed cases related to the Eastern Detention Center in Seoul, resulting in a cumulative of 1084.
In addition, an additional 35 people were confirmed in relation to the church in Suji-gu, Yongin-si, Gyeonggi-do, and 16 additional infections occurred in two churches related to the Sangju BTJ World Center in Chungju, North Chungcheong Province.
In addition, ▲ Misodeul Nursing Hospital in Guro-gu, Seoul (cumulative 206 people) ▲ Handicapped Welfare Facility in Songpa-gu (71 people) ▲ Gwangju Hyojeong Nursing Hospital (65 people) ▲ Rosen Express in Icheon-si, Gyeonggi Icheon Logistics Center (97 people), etc. The scale of infection continues to grow.
The death toll increased by 19, cumulative 981… 35,770 tests yesterday, 2.85% positive rate
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| ▲ On the morning of the 3rd, a citizen who visits the temporary screening test center in Jung-gu, Seoul in Seoul Station Square is undergoing a specimen test. The government will extend the operation of temporary screening offices in the metropolitan area by two weeks until the 17th in accordance with measures to extend social distancing to prevent the spread of Corona 19. | |
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The number of confirmed overseas inflows was 35, up 19 from the previous day (16).
Eleven of the confirmed cases were confirmed during quarantine at the airport or port. The remaining 24 are self-isolated at residential or temporary living facilities in Gyeonggi (8), Seoul (5), Jeonbuk (4), Busan (3), Incheon (2), and Chungnam/Jeju (1 each) I was tested positive while doing it.
The most estimated country for these inflows is the United States with 13 people, followed by Indonesia with 7 people, Canada with 3 people, India and Russia with 2 people, Myanmar, Japan, Pakistan, Greece, Germany, Mexico, Brazil, and Tanzania with 1 each. Among them, 22 are Koreans and 13 are foreigners.
When local outbreaks and foreign inflows (excluding quarantine) are combined, there are 700 people in the metropolitan area, including 329 in Seoul, 268 in Gyeonggi, and 103 in Incheon. Nationally, there were new cases in all 16 provinces except Sejong.
The death toll was 981, an increase of 19 from the previous day. The average fatality rate in Korea is 1.53%.
The number of patients with severe gastric disorders was 351, down 4 from the previous day.
By this day, the number of confirmed cases released from quarantine increased by 733, to a cumulative 45,240. Currently, the number of patients undergoing isolation treatment is 10,8043, an increase of 268 from the previous day.
The number of corona 19 cumulative diagnostic tests in Korea is 4,3766,608, of which 4,216,612 were negative, and the remaining 190,732 are waiting for the results.
The number of tests per day the previous day was 3,5770, 2,270 fewer than the 3,8040 the day before. It is 11,688 fewer than the 55,438 on the 31st of last month, the weekday just before the New Year holidays.
The positive rate, calculated as compared to the number of tests the previous day, was 2.85% (1020 out of 35,770), up from 1.73% (657 out of 38,040) on the previous day. The cumulative positive rate as of 0 o’clock on this day is 1.47% (64,264 out of 4376,000).
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