(Ulsan = News 1) Reporter Ilji Yoon = On the morning of the 23rd, Ulju residents are receiving a free rapid antigen test for a novel coronavirus infection (Corona 19) at a screening clinic located in Beomseo Sports Park in Ulju-gun, Ulsan. 2020.12.23/News 1
The number of patients with the new coronavirus infection (Corona 19) in Gyeonggi Province again exceeded 300. There were 11 related deaths, and 6 are patients in nursing hospitals and nursing homes in quarantine in a cohort (same group). According to Gyeonggi-do on the 23rd, 310 new patients with Corona 19 in the province as of 0 o’clock from the previous day. The cumulative confirmed cases that have occurred so far are 12,460. Of these, 299 were confirmed local infections (11 infections from overseas), and 105 of them had no confirmed infection route.
Further confirmation of group infections such as nursing hospitals continued
In a nursing hospital in Goyang-si, where a patient has occurred since the 14th, six people were confirmed the day before. Only 65 patients are cumulative. This nursing hospital is home to 212 residents and workers, and a cohort is quarantined when a group infection occurs.
In the nursing hospital in Bucheon City, where even the deceased, three confirmed cases were added. There are 114 cumulative patients. Those who were newly diagnosed were tested negative at the initial test, but were tested positive at the in-hospital specimen test taken every three days.
Corona 19 cumulative confirmed patients after August. Graphic = Younghee Kim [email protected]
On the 25th of last month, the number of patients increased to 96 as two people were confirmed at the Yeoncheon-gun Recruitment Education University, where a group infected person came out. On the 16th, two additional patients related to a childcare facility in Anyang City, where the first confirmed person was confirmed, were added, and only 19 patients were related to the province. The number of infected patients who led from a restaurant in Jongno-gu, Seoul to a nursing home in Suwon also increased to 101.
In Seongnam City, one employee at the Jungwon-gu Office and the Jungwon-gu Health Center came out and the government office was temporarily closed, and a doctor at the Seongnam City Medical Center was infected. In a factory in Namyangju, six people were confirmed as of the 19th.
One severe patient bed left, 11 deaths occurred
688 out of 793 beds dedicated to Corona 19 in Tokyo are used. Of the 49 beds for severely ill patients, only 1 is left. There are 1554 people in 7 living treatment centers in the province (with a capacity of 2967 people). There are 229 people waiting at home because they have not been assigned a ward. There are 132 people waiting for a dedicated bed and 97 people waiting for a life treatment center.
New confirmed cases of Corona 19 after August. Graphic = Reporter [email protected]
The number of deaths is also increasing. 11 people died on the previous day alone, and the cumulative death of Corona 19 in Tokyo was 192. Six of them were outbreaks of group infection and occurred in a cohort quarantined one nursing hospital in Bucheon (5 people) and one nursing home in Ansan (1 person).
Meanwhile, from 0 o’clock on this day, an administrative order banning private meetings with more than 5 people was enforced in the metropolitan area. Regardless of indoors or outdoors, only meetings of 4 people or less are possible. If violated, administrative measures such as fines of up to 3 million won and prosecution are imposed on both the employer and the user.
Reporter Choi Moran [email protected]