One year of corona 19 outbreak in Korea… 404 new confirmed cases, 17 deaths increased

  On the 20th, which is the first year since the first COVID-19 patient came out, the number of new confirmed cases recorded in the early 400s.  It increased slightly from the previous day, when it was in the late 300s, and rose to 400.  On this morning, medical staff are collecting samples at the Corona 19 Temporary Screening Clinic in Seoul Station Square.
On the 20th, which is the first year since the first COVID-19 patient came out, the number of new confirmed cases recorded in the early 400s. It increased slightly from the previous day, when it was in the late 300s, and rose to 400. On this morning, medical staff are collecting samples at the Corona 19 Temporary Screening Clinic in Seoul Station Square.
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On the 20th, which is the first year since the first COVID-19 patient came out, the number of new confirmed cases recorded in the early 400s.

It increased slightly from the previous day, when it was in the late 300s, and rose to 400.

Amid the’third pandemic’, the number of new confirmed cases, which had recorded 1,000 people a day until December 2020, began to decrease gradually in the new year, and has recently dropped to 300, and slightly increased to the early 400 on this day.

Although the overall decline is clear, sporadic infections that link everyday spaces such as markets and banks continue, and the winter is still favorable for viral survival, and mutant viruses originating from the UK, South Africa and Brazil have also flowed, so new cases are always There is also a possibility of returning to the uptrend again.

In order to curb the spread of Corona 19, the government will maintain’social distance’ (Seoul Metropolitan Area 2.5th Stage, Non-Metropolitan Area 2nd Stage) and ban on meetings of 5 or more people until the end of this month, and from next month, special quarantine measures for the New Year holidays (2.1~ 14).

Out of 373 people in the area, 275 people in the metropolitan area, 98 people in the non-metropolitan area

The Central Defense Response Headquarters (Bang Dae-bon) announced that as of 0 o’clock on the day, the number of new corona 19 confirmed cases increased by 404, accumulating 73,518.

18 people increased from the previous day (386)

The third pandemic, which started in earnest since mid-November last year, has peaked on the 25th of last month (1240 people) and continues to decline.

As of this month, the number of new confirmed cases per day is 1027 → 820 → 657 → 1020 → 714 → 838 → 869 → 674 → 641 → 657 → 451 → 537 → 561 → 524 → 512 The number of people → 580 → 520 → 389 → 386 → 404 was recorded, keeping below 1,000 people except for two days.

Looking at the path of infection of the new confirmed patients on this day, 373 people were local outbreaks and 31 people came from abroad.
In the area where confirmed cases were found, 275 were in the metropolitan area, including 135 in Seoul, 126 in Gyeonggi, and 14 in Incheon.

Non-metropolitan areas are Gyeongnam 18, Busan 12, Daegu and Gwangju each, Gangwon and Jeonnam 9 each, Gyeongbuk and Chungnam 7 each, Jeju 6, Ulsan 3, Jeonbuk and Chungbuk 2 each, Daejeon 1 to be. A total of 98 confirmed cases in the non-metropolitan area fell to double digits in 48 days since December 3 (97) last year.

In the case of major infections, the number of confirmed cases related to the’BTJ World Center’ in Sangju, Gyeongbuk increased to 784.

In addition, new group infections such as hospital No. 3 in Eunpyeong-gu, Seoul (cumulative 14 people), Moran General Market in Seongnam-si, Gyeonggi-do (20 people), welfare facilities in Anyang City (10 people), welfare facilities in Suwon (10 people), and banks in Pohang City, Gyeongbuk (12 people). Cases followed one after another.

A total of 323 patients with severe gastric disorders…

  On the 20th, which is the first year since the first COVID-19 patient came out, the number of new confirmed cases recorded in the early 400s.  It increased slightly from the previous day, when it was in the late 300s, and rose to 400.  On this morning, citizens are waiting for the start of treatment in front of the Corona 19 Temporary Screening Clinic in Seoul Station Square.
On the 20th, which is the first year since the first COVID-19 patient came out, the number of new confirmed cases recorded in the early 400s. It increased slightly from the previous day, when it was in the late 300s, and rose to 400. On this morning, citizens are waiting for the start of treatment in front of the Corona 19 Temporary Screening Clinic in Seoul Station Square.
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There were 31 confirmed overseas inflows, 4 fewer than the previous day (35).

Of these, one was confirmed during quarantine at the airport or port, and the remaining 30 were Gyeonggi (13), Seoul (8), Incheon, Gangwon (2 each), Busan, Daegu, Chungbuk, Chungnam, and Gyeongnam (1 each). ) While self-isolation at a local residence or temporary living facility, he was tested positive.

The number of countries estimated to be inflow is the United States with 11 people, followed by Russia and Tanzania with 4 people, Hungary with 3 people, Germany with 2 people, Indonesia, United Arab Emirates, Pakistan, Kazakhstan, Poland, Ghana and Nigeria with 1 each. Among the confirmed cases, 13 were Koreans and 18 were foreigners.

When local outbreaks and overseas inflows (excluding quarantine) are combined, there are 298 in Seoul, 139 in Gyeonggi and 16 in Incheon. Nationally, confirmed cases were found in all 16 provinces except Sejong.

The number of deaths increased by 17 from the previous day to 1300. The average fatality rate in Korea is 1.77%. The fatality rate, which was in the 1.4% range at the beginning of this month, is on a steady rise with the recent increase in the number of deaths.

The number of patients with severe gastric disorders decreased by 12 from the previous day to a total of 323.

By this day, the number of confirmed cases released from quarantine increased by 712 to 6180, and the number of patients currently undergoing quarantine treatment decreased by 325 to a total of 12,038.

The number of corona19 diagnostic tests conducted in Korea so far is 5.92,129 in total, of which 497,470 were negative, and the remaining 14,8141 were waiting for the results.

The number of examinations through the screening clinic the day before was 51,804, 1,302 fewer than 53,106 the day before.

The positive rate, calculated as compared to the number of tests the previous day, was 0.78% (404 out of 51,804), a slight increase from 0.73% (386 out of 53,106) the previous day. The cumulative positive rate at 0 o’clock on this day is 1.42% (73,518 out of 5.92,129).

Meanwhile, on the 26th of last month, Daebon Bang confirmed one miscount in Seoul and excluded one from the cumulative number of confirmed cases that day.

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