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| ▲ On the afternoon of January 6, a notice of temporary closure related to business deterioration due to the novel coronavirus infection (Corona 19) is posted at a restaurant in Seoul. | |
| Ⓒ Yonhap News |
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The number of corona19 confirmed cases in Seoul, which had risen to 500, has dropped to 100.
Park Yoo-mi, the quarantine control officer at the Seoul Disaster and Safety Countermeasures Headquarters, announced at a briefing on the 8th that the number of confirmed cases in Seoul during the day before had recorded 191.
Since December 5 last year, the Seoul Metropolitan Government has expanded the “business ban after 9:00 p.m.” measures to prevent the spread of Corona 19, and based on this, the number of confirmed cases is the lowest.
The number of confirmed cases in Seoul surpassed 500 twice on December 24 (552) and December 28 (522), when the group infection in the Eastern Detention Center in Songpa-gu spread, but in January this year, it was less than 200 three times. .
Controller Park Yoomi said, “The gradual decrease in the number of confirmed cases was due to the effect of the citizens actively practicing social distancing and proactively conducting preemptive tests.” “He said.
When asked if reducing the operating hours of temporary screening offices in the metropolitan area from 9 hours to 4 hours in order to protect the medical staff from the recent cold wave, Park said, “The reduction in operating hours from the 7th “Because it was implemented, it did not affect the number of confirmed patients announced on the day.”
The number of deaths per day reached 10. By age, 5 people were in their 80s and 70s, respectively, 9 died during hospitalization and treatment, and 1 died during transfer to medical institutions.
As of the 8th, 15 confirmed cases have been identified as of the 8th regarding the full investigation of Corona 19, a taxi driver in Seoul, which has been in place since the end of the year.
Seoul City Taxi Logistics Manager Cho Young-chang said, “The taxi driver’s total inspection is carried out by about 7,000 people a day, and by today, about 37,000 people, 50% of the total, will be completed.”
At the current inspection speed, a full investigation is expected to be completed on the 13th, but no confirmed cases have been identified among passengers.