Seoul 138 new confirmed… Infections at work and nursing hospitals (general)

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In Seoul, the number of new coronavirus infections (Corona 19) continued to be around 100.

As of 0 o’clock on the 10th, the city of Seoul announced that 138 confirmed cases of Corona 19 occurred the day before in downtown. There are 36 more than 102 on the 8th.

The number of new confirmed cases in Seoul per day recorded 258 on the 16th and 92 on the 28th of last month, and from the 1st of this month to 122→119→118→129→128→132→100→102→138, from 100. It has fluctuated and fluctuated.

The increase in the number of confirmed patients on the 9th seems to have been affected by a significant increase in the number of prosecutors on the 8th, the previous day from last weekend. The number of prosecutors on the 8th on Monday was 27,728 people, which was twice as high as on the 7th (14,262 people) on Sunday. The confirmation rate, which represents the number of confirmed patients on the next day compared to the number of test personnel, decreased from 0.7% on the 8th to 0.5% on the 9th. During the last 15 days, the average number of tests per day was 24,784, and the confirmation rate was 0.5%.

On the 9th, 132 new confirmed cases were infected in Korea and 6 inflows from overseas.

Group infections followed in nursing hospitals and workplaces.

Four additional confirmed cases related to a nursing hospital in Dongdaemun-gu were added, and a group infection occurred at a nursing hospital in Songpa-gu, and the cumulative number of confirmed cases, including one on the previous day, was identified as eight. A cumulative 10 cases, including one, were confirmed the previous day due to a group infection that occurred at a workplace in Seodaemun-gu.

The number of infections related to Dongdaemun-gu hospital increased by two, and confirmed cases were added by one each related to restaurants in Yeongdeungpo-gu, high schools in Gangdong-gu, and children’s facilities in Dongdaemun-gu. There were 14 other group infections, 57 contacted with other confirmed cases, 9 contacted with other confirmed cases, and 42 cases under investigation of the route of infection.

As of 0 o’clock that day, the cumulative number of confirmed cases in Seoul was 29,000,419. Currently, 2,901 people are in quarantine, and 26,000 people have been cured and discharged from the hospital.

The number of Corona 19 deaths in Seoul increased by 2 over 24 hours to a cumulative 398. The deaths reported the previous day were 1 in their 50s and 1 in their 70s, all of whom had underlying diseases and died while receiving hospital treatment.

The first dose of the Corona 19 vaccine has been given to 59,000 people in Seoul since the start on the 26th of last month. The number of new vaccinations in Seoul on the 9th is 10,514.

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