Corona 19, 504 new confirmed… 500 cars in 15 days

Input 2021.02.11 09:32 | Revision 2021.02.11 09:40



Medical staff are collecting samples of a novel coronavirus infection (Corona 19) at a screening clinic in Buk-gu, Gwangju. /yunhap news

The number of newly confirmed coronavirus infections (Corona 19) in Korea has increased to 500 in just 15 days.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention of the Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced that there were 504 new corona19 confirmed cases as of 0 o’clock on the 11th. It has been only 15 days since the 27th of last month that the number of new confirmed cases has reached 500.

When looking at the path of infection of the new confirmed cases, 467 people were local outbreaks and 37 people came from abroad. The total cumulative number of confirmed cases is 82,434.

By region, 181 people occurred in Gyeonggi, the most, with 177 in Seoul, 29 in Busan, 25 in Incheon, 11 in Gangwon, 10 in Daegu, 9 in Gwangju, 7 in Jeonbuk, 5 in Gyeongnam, 4 in Jeju, and 3 in Chungbuk. The number was in order, followed by two in Daejeon and Ulsan, and one in each of Chungnam and Gyeongbuk. Sejong and Jeonnam had no confirmed cases.

In the last week, the number of new confirmed cases per day was 370 → 393 → 371 → 288 → 303 → 444 → 504. The’third pandemic’, which started in November of last year, has shown a somewhat subsidence, but recently there are signs of re-proliferation.

Ten deaths occurred. The cumulative death toll is 1496.

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