344 new corona19 confirmed cases occurred yesterday (14th), maintaining 300 units for three consecutive days. In the metropolitan area, sporadic infections, such as large hospitals and acquaintances, continue, and concerns about re-proliferation have not eased.
Reporter Park Soo-jin’s report.
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Yesterday, the last day of the Lunar New Year holiday, 344 new cases of Corona 19 were counted.
There were 323 cases of infection in Korea, with 255 people in the metropolitan area, close to 80%, including 147 in Seoul.
In the non-metropolitan area, only 68 were confirmed, including 15 in Busan and 12 in Daegu.
The number of foreign inflows was counted as 21, and an additional 5 died during treatment, resulting in a cumulative death toll of 1,527.
Although the number of inspections during the Lunar New Year holiday has decreased to half of the weekday, it is difficult to say that it is stable.
Rather, the number of patients in the metropolitan area is increasing, and the average number of confirmed cases per day in the metropolitan area for a week from the 7th to the 13th was 282, up 24 from the previous week.
Soonchunhyang University Hospital in Seoul, where the first confirmed cases occurred on the 12th, had confirmed 56 people until yesterday, and the number of confirmed cases related to Hanyang University Hospital in Seoul exceeded 100.
Sporadic infections are spreading in the metropolitan area, with the number of confirmed cases increasing to 62 at acquaintance meetings in Yongsan-gu, Seoul.
In addition, it is expected that the next two weeks will be a climax to see if the infection spreads due to population migration during the Lunar New Year holidays.
[권덕철/보건복지부 장관 : 거리두기 단계가 하향되었다고 해서 우리의 방역에 대한 긴장감마저 이완된다면 코로나는 다시 확산세로 돌아설 것입니다.]
The government requested that if you visit your hometown or go on a trip during the Lunar New Year holidays, you should immediately undergo a diagnostic test if you have any symptoms.