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The city of Seoul announced on the 12th that the number of new coronavirus infections (Corona 19) confirmed in Seoul on the 11th was 158.
Of these, three were foreign cases, and the remaining 155 were found to have been infected in Korea. Of the domestic infections, 40 were confirmed through a temporary screening laboratory.
Among the major group infections, 7 people’s meetings in Yongsan-gu, 7 saunas in Gangdong-gu, 3 nursing facilities in Eunpyeong-gu, 2 call centers in Jung-gu, 1 person at Hanyang University Hospital in Seongdong-gu, and Gwangjin-gu There were new confirmed cases, such as one of the’Restaurants’.
Other group infections resulted in 17 new patients, and as cases that are not managed separately due to group infections, 64 contacts with other confirmed cases and 3 contacts with confirmed cases outside of Seoul appeared.
There were 50 new cases being investigated because the route of infection was unclear.
The confirmation rate on the 11th (the number of confirmed cases on the day divided by the number of inspectors the day before) was 0.4%, similar to the 30th of last month, and the lowest this month.
As of 0 o’clock on the 12th, the cumulative number of confirmed cases in Seoul is 25,885. Of these, 21,648 people were diagnosed with cure and were lifted from quarantine, and 3,886 were quarantined and treated.
A total of 351 corona19 deaths in Seoul were added, with four additional in 24 hours.
The confirmed dates of newly identified deaths were December 19 and 21 last year and January 2 and 4 this year. Two of them died on the 10th of this month and the other two on the 11th.
The number of new confirmed cases in Seoul per day was relatively stable, ranging from 100 to 150 from the middle and the end of last month, but from the 1st to the 11th this month, 128→188→172→126→143→144→112→90→175→183 → The number of people is 158, and it is showing a lot of fluctuations.
Recently, the number of daily inspections in Seoul has increased to 31,639 on the 8th, 33,140 on the 9th, and 35,587 on the 10th, but the number of inspections on the 11th, the first day of the holiday season, has increased. It has decreased significantly to 224 cases. Accordingly, the number of confirmed cases on the 12th is likely to be significantly reduced from the 11th. The average daily number of inspections in Seoul during the last 15 months (January 28 to February 11) was 24,000.
Seoul Number of confirmed corona19 per day in the last month[연합뉴스]
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