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70 new confirmed cases … Reduced to double digits for two consecutive days
40 new confirmed patients in the metropolitan area … Below the first 50 people after the second outbreak
About 30% of patients with sporadic group infections followed by an unclear route of infection
The number of new confirmed corona19 cases fell to 70, maintaining double digits for two consecutive days.
In particular, in the metropolitan area, it fell below 50 for the first time after the second epidemic, and quarantine authorities stressed that it is too early to be relieved.
This is Lee Yeo-jin.
[기자]From August 14 to 19, the number of new confirmed cases decreased from three digits for 37 days to double digits for two consecutive days.
Notably, it was only 41 days after August 13 that the number of new confirmed cases in the metropolitan area fell below 50.
[윤태호 / 중앙사고수습본부 방역총괄반장 : 전 국민적인 거리 두기 노력으로 국내 환자 발생 수가 안정적으로 감소하는 추세를 보이고 있습니다. 특히 수도권에서 신규 환자가 50명 이하로 발생한 것은 8월 13일 이후로 약 40여 일 만에 처음입니다.]However, it is still too early to feel relief.
This is because there appears to be some impact on decreasing the number of tests on Saturdays and Sundays.
Furthermore, group infections continue in many places and the number of patients whose route of infection is unknown approaches 30%, so the scale of infection can increase at any time.
[강도태 / 중앙방역대책본부 1총괄조정관 : 아직도 확진 환자 중 26%는 감염 경로를 찾지 못하고 있으며 방문 판매 등 산발적 집단 감염이 여러 시도에 걸쳐 이어지고 있습니다.]In particular, quarantine authorities urged the elderly to refrain from using it, saying there have been 10 cases of massive infection via door-to-door vendors since mid-August.
Additionally, starting on the 23rd, rewards will be paid when a door-to-door sales company is reported to have violated the assembly ban.
This is YTN Lee Yeo-jin.
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