315 corona confirmed patients by 9 pm… Expected mid-to-late 300 people on the 8th

Input 2021.03.07 22:24

A total of 315 cases of new coronavirus infection (Corona 19) in Korea were counted by 9 pm on the 7th. It was 64 people less than the 379 people counted at the same time the day before.

In the area where confirmed cases were found, 227 (72.1%) in the metropolitan area and 88 (27.9%) in the non-metropolitan area. By province, Gyeonggi 115, Seoul 97, Chungbuk 20, Incheon 15, Gwangju 14, Busan and Chungnam 11 each, Gangwon 10, Daegu 6, Jeonbuk 4, Ulsan 3, Sejong, Gyeongbuk, Jeonnam There are 2 people in Jeju and 1 in Gyeongnam.

The number of new confirmed cases announced as of 0 o’clock on the 8th is expected to increase further, reaching the mid-to-late half of 300. The previous day, between 9 pm and midnight, 37 people increased, and the final number was 416.

As the’third pandemic’ spread from last November, the number of new confirmed patients on a daily basis showed a gradual decline this year. Came down again.

During the last week (March 1-7), the number of new confirmed cases recorded daily 355 → 344 → 444 → 424 → 398 → 418 → 416. The number of confirmed cases of regional daily average, which is a key indicator of the adjustment of the’social distancing’ stage, is about 381, maintaining the range of the second stage of distancing (more than 300 people nationwide).

The main cases of infection on this day were 11 people related to a nursing hospital in Dongdaemun-gu, Seoul, and 8 people related to a family and physical education facility in Daegu. Five people, including employees and family members of a condo cleaning service company in Pyeongchang-gun, Gangwon-do, were tested positive, and the cumulative number of confirmed cases related to a duck processing company in Jincheon-gun, Chungcheongbuk-do increased to 32.