As more than 1,200 new corona19 confirmed cases were added yesterday (24th), the number of confirmed cases per day increased the most ever. The average number of confirmed cases per day exceeded 1,000, which is the 3rd level upgrade standard for the first time.
This is reporter Ahn Sang-woo.
<기자>
As of today’s 0 o’clock, there were 1,241 new confirmed cases, the largest number of confirmed cases in a day.
There were 1,216 cases of infection in Korea, and 862 cases were concentrated in the metropolitan area alone, with over 500 confirmed cases for the first time in Seoul.
354 people were also confirmed in non-capital regions such as Chungnam, Gyeongbuk, and Gwangju.
It was affected by the fact that 288 additional people, including prisoners and employees, were confirmed at the Seoul East Detention Center, where the group infection had already occurred.
[정세균/국무총리 : 좁은 공간에서 집단생활을 하는 곳에서 확진자가 발생하면 대규모 감염 사태를 피하기가 어렵습니다. 교정시설 등 집단생활을 하는 곳에선 방역 상황을 다시 한번 점검하고…]
As the rate of infection with unknown paths is close to 28%, the spread of asymptomatic infections has not subsided.
The average number of confirmed cases per day for the past week has reached 1,7, surpassing the 800~1,000, which is the 3rd level upgrade standard.
However, the government was cautious about upgrading the level as it temporarily exceeded the standard due to infection in the eastern detention center.
[윤태호/중앙사고수습본부 방역총괄반장 : 일주일 평균 1천 명을 넘어섰다는 부분들은 일시적인 현상일 가능성이 좀 더 높다고 판단하고 있습니다.]
The number of deaths related to Corona 19 infection increased by 17, and 773 people have died so far.