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It was counted that 319 cases of new coronavirus infection (Corona 19) in Korea occurred by 9 pm on the 1st.
This is the same number as 319 (final 355) in the same time period the previous day. Accordingly, the number of confirmed cases is expected to be maintained for three consecutive days during the holiday season.
Related confirmed cases have steadily occurred in existing group infection sites such as nursing hospitals, religious facilities, and factories nationwide.
By region, the confirmed cases were 121 in Seoul, 112 in Gyeonggi, 15 in Busan, 14 in Daegu, 10 in Jeonbuk, 9 in Incheon, 7 in Gyeongbuk, 6 in Chungbuk, 5 in each of Chungnam and Sejong, 4 in each of Gyeongnam and Jeonnam, and Jeju. There are three, two in Gangwon, and one each in Ulsan and Gwangju. There were no confirmed cases in Daejeon.
At one paint shop in Paju City, 7 people were confirmed at once. In this company, when two foreign employees were confirmed through a preemptive inspection on the 28th of last month, a total inspection was immediately conducted on 24 employees, and 7 additional confirmations were confirmed that day. .
In the Icheon corrugated box manufacturing plant, the number of confirmed cases increased to 26 as 6 additional people were confirmed that day.
In addition, 3 people (cumulative 51) related to Giheung nursing home and daycare center in Yongin city were added, and 2 people related to Yangju manufacturing plant (accumulated 31) and 1 related to Seongnam nursing hospital (accumulated 77 people) occurred.
In Busan, 7 co-workers who had contact with a confirmed hospitalized patient at Haedong Hospital in Yeongdo-gu (Busan No. 3221) were confirmed at once. Municipal health authorities are investigating the workplace information and location of the patient ‘3221’.
In Daegu, six of the new confirmed cases were found to be related to a college acquaintance meeting. After the family of college students was confirmed on the 27th of last month, 5 people and 1 family member of the confirmed acquaintance were serially infected at the acquaintance meeting of the university student. The cumulative number of confirmed cases related to college acquaintance meetings increased to 8 in total.
In addition, at the Buk-gu hospital, where 39 people were infected, two employees and one patient were confirmed.
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| The new coronavirus infection (Corona 19) vaccination has entered the fourth day. As of 0 o’clock on a day, the cumulative number of COVID-19 vaccinations was 21,177. The previous day, 765 people received additional vaccinations. By type of vaccine, AstraZeneca was 26,13 and Pfizer vaccine was 564. The AstraZeneca vaccine is hospitalized and worked in 292 nursing hospitals, including 5266 residents and workers in 213 nursing facilities nationwide. The Pfizer vaccine is administered by workers in the COVID-19 treatment hospital. The photo shows the central vaccination center at the National Medical Center in Jung-gu, Seoul on the 1st. March 1, 2021/News1 © News1 Reporter Min Kyung-seok |
In Jeonbuk, 7 people were confirmed in Jeonju City, and 3 of them were confirmed as users of the’Jeonju TB Fitness Center’ where a large number of confirmed cases occurred recently, or as contact with users.
In Incheon, 9 people were newly confirmed for Corona 19, and by region, it was counted as 3 Gyeyang-gu, 2 Seo-gu, 2 Yeonsu-gu, 1 Namdong-gu, 1 Bupyeong-gu, and 1 Michuhol-gu. By type of infection, there were 1 group infection-related, 6 contacts of existing confirmed cases, 1 unknown route of infection, and 1 overseas entry.
In the Gyeongbuk region, a woman in her 30s in Gyeongju was confirmed to be confirmed by a pre-isolation test, and a self-container was tested positive in Uiseong-gun, which is applying the’social distancing step 2’in some areas.
In the Chungbuk region, with six confirmed cases in Jincheon alone, A in her 50s (No. 1765 in Chungbuk) and a foreigner in her 30s (No. 1766 in Chungbuk) were positive in the corona19 diagnostic test. All of these were confirmed in the inspection before self-isolation was lifted, related to a Jincheon duck processing company.
In Changwon, Gyeongsangnam-do, a man in his 50s and a woman in his 50s, who were being quarantined due to contact with an existing confirmed person, were tested positive, respectively, and a man in his 20s and a woman in his teens who arrived from Russia were confirmed in Geoje as well.
In Chungnam, two self-isolation persons related to the cricket Asan factory were tested positive. Accordingly, the cumulative number of confirmed cases related to this plant increased to 162.
There were three confirmed cases in Jeju, and all of them were confirmed as contacts of Jeonbuk confirmed cases the day before. They are known to have met in the region where the Jeonbuk confirmed patients left.
The quarantine authorities and local governments are focusing on identifying the traffic paths and contacts of confirmed cases through epidemiological investigations.