[3보] 580 new confirmed, 500 people maintained for the fifth day… Extended distance measures

Amid the’third pandemic’ of a new coronavirus infection in Korea (Corona 19), the number of new confirmed cases on the 16th was in the late 500 range.

It increased slightly from the previous day, but maintained 500 people for the fifth day.

The number of new confirmed cases, which had risen and decreased by around 1,000 until last month, began to decrease gradually in the new year and fell to the mid-400 level on the 11th (451), but recently, it has increased slightly and remains at 500.

Despite the overall decline in patients, sporadic infections are continuing, centered on nursing homes and medical institutions, across the country, and the rate of infection through personal meetings or contacts is high, so it is still too early to be relieved.

Accordingly, the government took a step toward extending the current’social distancing’ (stage 2.5 in the metropolitan area, stage 2 in the non-metropolitan area) and the ban on meetings of five or more people, which are scheduled to end on the 17th.

The government is expected to announce a detailed adjustment plan for the 11am distance.

◇ 341 people in the metropolitan area and 206 people in the non-metropolitan area out of 547 people in the area

The Central Defense Response Headquarters (Bangdaebon) announced that as of 0 o’clock on the day, the number of new confirmed cases increased by 547, accumulating 71,820.

It increased by 68 from the previous day (512).

The third pandemic, which started in earnest since mid-November last year, is showing a decreasing trend after peaking on the 25th of last month (1,240 people).

As of this month, the number of new confirmed cases per day 1,27 → 820 → 657 → 1,20 → 714 → 838 → 869 → 674 → 641 → 657 → 451 → 537 → 561 → 524 people → 512 people (originally corrected from 513 to 512 people) → 580 people, all except for two days, remained below 1,000.

Looking at the path of infection of the new confirmed patients on this day, 547 local outbreaks and 33 foreign inflows.

In the area where confirmed cases were found, 341 people were in the metropolitan area, including 148 in Seoul, 163 in Gyeonggi and 30 in Incheon.

Non-capital areas: Busan 59, Daegu 23, Gangwon 22, Gyeongbuk 19, Jeonbuk 17, Gyeongnam 15, Jeonnam 13, Ulsan and Chungnam 8, Gwangju and Chungbuk 6, Daejeon 5, and Jeju There are 4 and 1 Sejong. There are a total of 206 confirmed cases in the non-metropolitan area.

In the case of major infections, the number of confirmed cases of’BTJ World Center’ in Sangju, Gyeongsangbuk-do increased to 729.

Also, regarding the history of Dongdaemun-gu, Seoul, a total of 12 people, including workers and families, have been confirmed since the 4th, and a total of 15 people have been infected at a meeting of acquaintances in Yeonsu-gu, Incheon, and an epidemiological investigation is underway.

In addition, 14 people were tested positive at the church in Osan, Gyeonggi Province, and the cumulative number of confirmed cases increased to 8 at a daycare center located in Dalseo-gu, Daegu.

◇ A total of 360 patients with severe gastric disorders… Positive rate again exceeded 1%

There were 33 confirmed overseas inflows, 4 more than the previous day (29).

Of these, 8 were confirmed during quarantine at the airport or port, and the remaining 25 were Seoul (8), Gyeonggi/Gyeongnam (5 each), Incheon (3), Busan (2), Gangwon/Gyeongbuk (1 each) ) While self-isolation in a local residence or temporary living facility, he was tested positive.

When local outbreaks and foreign inflows (excluding quarantine) are combined, there are 357 people in the metropolitan area, including 156 in Seoul, 168 in Gyeonggi and 33 in Incheon. Nationally, all 17 trials were confirmed.

The number of deaths increased by 19 from the previous day to 1,236. The average fatality rate in Korea is 1.72%.

The number of patients with severe gastric disorders decreased by 14 from the previous day to a total of 360.

The number of tests performed at the screening clinic the day before was 54,196, which is 1,481 more than the 52,715 the day before.

The positive rate, calculated as compared to the number of tests the previous day, was 1.07% (580 out of 54,196), a slight increase from 0.97% (513 out of 52,716) the day before. The cumulative positive rate at 0 o’clock on this day is 1.43% (71,820 out of 50,322,270).

Meanwhile, Bang Dae-bon announced that the cumulative number of confirmed patients the previous day was 71,241, but corrected it to 71,240 in the final, excluding one in Jeonnam Ogo.

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