As of today 0 o’clock, 354 new confirmed cases… 300 people again
338 domestic infections, 16 foreign inflows
196 domestically infected metropolitan areas Seoul 101, Gyeonggi 79, Incheon 16
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The number of new corona 19 confirmed cases was 354, down to 300 in one day.
However, since the aftermath of group infection related to IM Mission is not serious, an uneasy phase continues.
Connect reporters. Reporter Kim Jong-gyun!
First, please tell us the current status of new corona19 patients?
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As of 0 o’clock today, there are 354 new cases.
It was 83 fewer than the previous day, but fell to the mid-300 level in one day.
Looking at the path of infection, 338 people were infected in Korea and 16 people were inflow from abroad.
When looking at domestic infections by region, 196 in Seoul, including 101 in Seoul, 79 in Gyeonggi, and 16 in Incheon.
Of these, 38 were confirmed at the temporary screening inspection office in the metropolitan area.
In the non-metropolitan area, Gangwon was the largest with 42 people, and it seems that there were a lot of confirmed cases related to IM Mission in Hongcheon.
27 people in Busan, 12 in Daegu, Gwangju, and Gyeongnam.
Six of the 16 foreign inflows were confirmed during the quarantine stage.
The number of people who died from Corona 19 increased by 11 to a cumulative 1,371.
The number of patients with severe gastric disorders decreased by 5 to 270.
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Are you expecting the government to announce a plan to adjust the social distancing stage to be applied from February?
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The Central Accident Response Headquarters said that it is aiming to announce a plan to adjust the distance stage as possible on Friday.
Sohn Young-rae, head of the social strategy group, said in the morning reporter back briefing that opinions are currently being gathered from relevant ministries and that local governments are also discussing the situation.
Currently, the 2.5th stage of the metropolitan area and the second stage of the non-metropolitan area, the distance-distance measure will end at the end of this month.
The’average daily local outbreaks in the last week’, a key indicator of the adjustment of distance, has dropped to 300.
The government is reviewing the steps to take the special quarantine and distance steps for the Lunar New Year holidays, which will begin on the 1st of next month.
In particular, as the number of gatherings between family and relatives increases during the Lunar New Year holidays, we are interested in extending the ban on meetings with more than 5 people.
This is YTN Kim Jong-gyun from the Ministry of Social Affairs.
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