[코로나19 발생현황] 363 new confirmed people… Announcement of special quarantine measures in the metropolitan area today

Input 2021.03.16 09:31 | Revision 2021.03.16 09:42

The number of new coronavirus infections (Corona 19) in Korea recorded 363 as of the 16th.

The Central Defense Response Headquarters announced that the number of new corona19 confirmed cases in Korea as of 0 o’clock on the day was 363, down 19 from the previous day (382). There were 345 local outbreaks and 18 overseas inflows. The cumulative number of confirmed cases is 9,6380.

Looking at the cumulative number of new confirmed cases in the last week, 470 → 465 → 488 → 490 → 459 → 382 → 363. The number of corona19 confirmed cases is maintaining 300 units for two consecutive days following the previous day, and the impact of the decrease in the number of tests on weekends and holidays is not small.

The death toll increased by three. The cumulative number of deaths up to this day is 1,678. There were 501 new quarantines, a total of 82,255 people were quarantined, and 6447 are currently being quarantined. There are 103 patients with severe gastric disorders.

Looking at the number of new confirmed cases by region on this day, ▲ Seoul 75 ▲ Busan 6 ▲ Daegu 3 ▲ Incheon 14 ▲ Gwangju Metropolitan City 1 ▲ Daejeon 1 ▲ Ulsan 3 ▲ Gyeonggi 146 ▲ Gangwon 12 ▲ Chungbuk 3 ▲ Chungnam 4 ▲ Jeonbuk 6 ▲ Jeonnam 1 ▲ Gyeongbuk 4 ▲ Gyeongnam 64 ▲ Jeju 2 etc.

As of 0 o’clock that day, 11,922 people were newly vaccinated. So far, the first dose of the Corona 19 vaccine has been completed for a total of 692,150 people. By vaccine, AstraZeneca vaccine 570,289 people, Pfizer vaccine 26,861 people, and so on.

On the morning of this morning, the government announced special measures to strengthen quarantine to be applied to the metropolitan area after a meeting of the Central Disaster and Safety Countermeasure Headquarters (Expanded), which gathered all persons in charge of quarantine in the metropolitan area.

Under the current situation, if the number of confirmed cases in the metropolitan area increases rapidly, the government believes that vaccination will be disrupted, and it is expected to finalize special measures to stabilize the 3rd outbreak and block the 4th outbreak in advance.