While the spread of the’third pandemic’ of Corona 19 in Korea has somewhat subsided, the number of new confirmed cases today (15th) was in the early 500 range.
It has remained at 500 for the fourth day, with a slight decrease from yesterday.
By the end of last month, the number of new confirmed cases, which had risen and dropped by around 1,000, began to decrease in the new year and fell to the mid-400 level on the 11th (451), and recently remained at the early-mid 500 level.
Despite the overall decline in patients, small-scale daily infections are continuing across the country, and the outbreak sites are spreading widely throughout the community, making it an uneasy situation that the size of confirmed cases can grow again at any time.
Taking into account these risk factors, the government is in a position to extend the current’social distancing’ and ban on meetings with more than 5 people, which are scheduled to end on the 17th.
The government is scheduled to announce tomorrow morning after coordinating detailed distancing adjustments through a meeting of the Central Disaster and Safety Countermeasure Headquarters (companion) and the Life Prevention Committee today.
The Central Defense Response Headquarters (Bang Dae-bon) announced that as of 0 o’clock today, the number of new confirmed cases increased by 513, accumulating 71,241.
It was 11 people less than yesterday (524).
The third pandemic, which started in earnest since mid-November last year, peaked on the 25th of last month (1,240 people) and is showing a gradual decline.
The number of new confirmed cases this month was 1,27 → 820 → 657 → 1,20 → 714 → 838 → 869 → 674 → 641 → 657 → 451 → 537 → 561 → 524 It recorded a record of 513 people, keeping below 1,000 people except for two days in the fortnight.
In the last week (1.9 to 15), an average of 555 new confirmed cases per day occurred, and the number of confirmed regional cases, which is the core criterion for adjusting the distance, is 523 per day, in the range of 2.5 steps (over 400 to 500 people nationwide or doubling). Etc.)
Looking at the infection route of today’s new confirmed cases, local outbreaks were 484 and overseas inflows were 29.
The local outbreak fell to 400 people for two days in a row, about one month after the first to 2 days of last month (420 people → 492 people), before the third pandemic entered a period of rapid spread.
In the area where confirmed cases were found, 325 were in the metropolitan area, including 122 in Seoul, 180 in Gyeonggi, and 23 in Incheon.
Non-capital area: Busan 45, Gyeongbuk and Gyeongnam each 21, Jeonnam 14, Gangwon 13, Daegu 10, Chungbuk 7, Ulsan and Jeonbuk each, Gwangju 5, Sejong 4, Daejeon and Chungnam 3 each People, Jeju 1 person.
There are a total of 159 confirmed cases in non-metropolitan areas.
In case of major infections, the number of confirmed cases from the BTJ Center for the Nations in Sangju, Gyeongbuk increased to 713, and a total of 80 people were infected with prayer centers in Jinju, Gyeongnam.
A total of 137 confirmed patients have been confirmed at Hyojeong Nursing Hospital in Gwangsan-gu, Gwangju.
In a special school in Goyang-si, Gyeonggi-do, 10 students, including students, families, and employees, were tested positive one after another, and the cumulative number of confirmed cases increased to 20 at a child welfare facility in Gangbuk-gu, Seoul.
There were 29 confirmed overseas inflows, 1 more than yesterday (28).
Of these, 5 were confirmed during quarantine at the airport or port, and the remaining 24 were Gyeonggi (6), Seoul (5), Chungnam (3), Busan, Chungbuk, Gyeongbuk (2 each), Daegu, Incheon, and Gwangju. ·Gyeongnam (1 person each) I was self-quarantine in a local residence or temporary living facility and was tested positive.
In terms of regional outbreaks and overseas inflows (excluding quarantine), 337 people in the metropolitan area, including 127 people in Seoul, 186 people in Gyeonggi, and 24 people in Incheon.
Nationally, all 17 trials were confirmed.
The number of deaths increased by 22 from yesterday to 1,217, and the number of severely ill patients decreased by 6 to a total of 374.
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