446 new corona 19 confirmed… Authorities watch the weekend situation courtesy

Input 2021.02.20 10:03

The number of new coronavirus infections (Corona 19) in Korea reached mid-400 on the 20th. Although 561 people were newly infected by more than 100 people from the day before, a large-scale spread continues. The government plans to observe the situation this weekend, holidays, and early next week, and then review whether to adjust the level of quarantine response.

The central quarantine countermeasures headquarters announced that as of 0 o’clock on the day, the number of new corona19 confirmed patients in Korea increased by 446, accumulating 86574. The number of new confirmed cases decreased by 115 from the previous day (561).

In the last week (February 14-20), the number of new confirmed cases recorded daily 326 → 343 → 457 → 621 → 621 → 561 → 446. During this period, 300 people came 2 times, 400 people came 2 times, 500 people came once, and 600 people came 2 times.

Looking at the path of infection of the new confirmed patients on this day, 414 local outbreaks and 32 overseas inflows. Looking at the areas where there were confirmed local outbreaks, the metropolitan area (119 in Seoul, 161 in Gyeonggi, and 35 in Incheon) was 315, down by 81 from the previous day (396).

In the non-capital area, there were 16 people in Gyeongbuk and Chungbuk each, 14 in Busan, 12 in Chungnam, 9 in Daegu, 8 in each of Jeonbuk, Jeonnam, and Gyeongnam, 3 in Gangwon, 2 in Daejeon and Jeju, and 1 in Gwangju. There were a total of 99 confirmed cases of outbreaks in the non-metropolitan area, down to double digits in five days since the last 15 days (68).

In the case of major group infections, 19 patients were added at the Seoul Hospital of Soonchunhyang University in Yongsan-gu, Seoul, and the cumulative number of patients increased to 189 the previous day, and the number of confirmed cases related to Hanyang University Hospital in Seongdong-gu was 113. The number of confirmed cases related to the plastic factory in Jingwan Industrial Complex in Namyang-si, Gyeonggi-do increased by 7 to a cumulative 129, and the number of confirmed cases related to the cricket boiler factory in Asan, Chungcheongnam-do increased to 160.

There were 32 confirmed overseas inflows, 4 more than the previous day (28). Seven of the confirmed cases were confirmed during quarantine at the airport or port. The remaining 25 were trained in Gyeonggi (9), Seoul/Gwangju (4 each), Gyeongbuk (3), Incheon/Gangwon (2 each), Ulsan (1) while self-isolation at local residences or temporary living facilities. I was judged.

Meanwhile, the number of deaths increased by 3 from the previous day to 1553. The average fatality rate in Korea is 1.79%. The number of patients with severe gastric disorders increased by 3 to a total of 156.

The number of examinations at the screening clinic the previous day was 46,373, which was 1859 more than the 42778 the day before. The positive rate, calculated as compared to the number of tests the previous day, was 1.00% (446 out of 46,373), which was slightly lower than the previous day’s 1.31% (561 out of 42778). As of 0 o’clock on this day, the cumulative positive rate was 1.35% (83,6574 out of 63,629).