389 new confirmed cases, 300 people in 54 days after holiday impact… Level at the beginning of the 3rd pandemic

The number of new confirmed cases on the 18th was in the late 300s, while the’third pandemic’ of a new coronavirus infection in Korea (Corona 19) entered a marked decline.

With a sharp decline from the previous day, it fell to 300 in 54 days after November 25 (382 people) last year, the initial stage of the third pandemic.

In addition to the overall decline, the number of inspections on the day before the holiday seems to have significantly decreased compared to weekdays.

However, in addition to vulnerable facilities such as churches and nursing homes, sporadic infections through personal contact still remain vigilant, and the size of new confirmed patients is unstable.

Accordingly, the government decided to reinforce quarantine management through special quarantine measures for the Lunar New Year holidays, extending’social distancing’ (Section 2.5 in the metropolitan area, 2nd stage in the non-metropolitan area) and banning meetings with more than 5 people until the end of this month. did.

◇ The first 300 people since the end of November… Out of 366 local residents, 244 in the metropolitan area and 122 in the non-metropolitan area

The Central Defense Response Headquarters (Bang Dae-bon) announced that as of 0 o’clock on the day, the number of new corona 19 confirmed cases increased by 389 to a cumulative 72,729.

It was 131 fewer than the previous day (520).

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 steady decline.

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 → It recorded 524 people → 512 people → 580 people → 520 people → 389 people, keeping below 1,000 people except for two days.

Looking at the infection route of the new confirmed patients on this day, 366 local outbreaks and 23 foreign inflows.

In the area where confirmed cases were found, there were 244 in the metropolitan area, including 128 in Seoul, 103 in Gyeonggi, and 13 in Incheon.

Non-metropolitan areas include Gyeongnam 20, Gyeongbuk 18, Gangwon 14, Daegu 13, Gwangju and Chungnam 11 each, Busan 9, Chungbuk 8, Ulsan 5, Jeonnam 4, Jeonbuk 3, Daejeon, Sejong, Jeju has 2 people each. There are a total of 122 confirmed cases in the non-metropolitan area.

In the case of major infections, the number of confirmed cases from the BTJ Center for the Nations in Sangju, Gyeongsangbuk-do increased to 763.

At the Hyojeong Nursing Hospital in Gwangsan-gu, Gwangju, 12 additional patients were confirmed, resulting in a cumulative 149, and the cumulative number of confirmed cases related to the prayer center in Jinju, Gyeongnam was counted as 102.

In addition, there were cases of new group infections, such as nursing homes in Suwon, Gyeonggi Province (cumulative 23 people) and extracurricular classrooms in Seongnam City (10 people).

◇ A total of 343 patients with severe gastric disorders… Confirmed in 17 cities and provinces nationwide

There were 23 confirmed overseas inflows, 3 more than the previous day (20).

Of these, 10 were confirmed during quarantine at airports or ports, and the remaining 13 were at residences or temporary living facilities in Seoul (4), Gyeonggi, Gangwon, Gyeongnam (2 each), and Busan, Ulsan, Chungbuk (1 each). During self-isolation, he was tested positive.

Estimated countries for these inflows are US 6, Indonesia 3, Myanmar and UAE 2 each, Philippines, Russia, Sri Lanka, Japan, Cambodia, France, Netherlands, Mexico, Ecuador, and Sudan each. Among the confirmed cases, 11 were Koreans and 12 were foreigners.

When local outbreaks and overseas inflows (excluding quarantine) are combined, there are 132 in Seoul, 105 in Gyeonggi, and 13 in Incheon. Nationally, all 17 trials were confirmed.

The number of deaths increased by 15 from the previous day to 1,264. The average fatality rate in Korea is 1.74%.

The number of patients with severe gastric disorders decreased by 9 from the previous day to a total of 343.

Until this day, the number of confirmed cases lifted from quarantine increased by 470 to a cumulative 58,723, and the number of patients currently undergoing quarantine treatment decreased by 96 to a total of 12,742.

To date, the number of corona 19 diagnostic tests conducted in Korea is a total of 508,7,220, of which 485,6,456 were negative, and the remaining 158,000 are waiting for the results.

The number of examinations at the screening clinic the day before the holiday was 25,000, which was 3,90 fewer than the 29,000 the previous day. It is 28,000,266 fewer than 54,000,196 on the 16th, the last weekday just before.

The positive rate, calculated as compared to the number of tests on the previous day, was 1.50% (389 out of 25,930), down from 1.79% (520 out of 29,000) the day before. The cumulative positive rate as of 0 o’clock on this day is 1.43% (72,729 out of 50,872,220).

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