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Enter 2021.01.23 09:36
2021.01.23 09:56 edit
The Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (KCDC) Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced that as of 0 o’clock on the 23rd, the number of confirmed corona19 patients increased by 431 in compared to the previous day, and that there were 70.4692.
The day before, the number of new confirmed cases reached 346, the lowest level in two months since the end of November last year when the ‘third pandemic’ began, but that day it rose again to 400. After recording the highest number high at 1240 on the 25th of last month, the trend has been decreasing.
When looking at the infection route of the new confirmed patients on this day, 403 domestic outbreaks and 28 foreign entries were found.
In terms of regional occurrence in Korea, 119 people in Seoul, 113 people in Gyeonggi and 12 people in Incheon, 244 in the metropolitan area.
Outside the metropolitan area, Busan 33, Daegu 21, Gwangju 6, Daejeon 1, Ulsan 2, Sejong 1, Gangwon 5, Chungbuk 4, Chungnam 17, Jeonbuk 7, Jeonnam 9, Gyeongbuk 18 people, Gyeongnam 32 and Jeju 3 people.
On this day, 9 people were killed by Corona 19. The total number of deaths to date has been 1,337 (mortality rate 1.79%).
The number of newly quarantined patients was 629, and to date, a total of 62,044 patients have been released from quarantine. Currently, there are 11,311 people in quarantine.
Prime Minister Jeong Sye-gyun at the Disaster and Security Countermeasures Headquarters meeting the same day ordered the Ministry of Education to review school plans, saying the risk of corona 19 infection in school is low.
Prime Minister Jung said: “The expectations and concerns of students and parents intersect as to whether we will be able to go to school normally this spring.” Prime Minister Jung also said: “There are concerns about learning gaps due to long distance classes, and the burden of caring for parents is increasing.”
Prime Minister Chung said: “According to a recent report by the World Health Organization (WHO), children and adolescents have a lower rate of COVID-19 infection than adults, and even if they are infected, they are often mild or asymptomatic “. If it is followed, the school is unlikely to become one of the main causes of the spread of the infection, “he said.
# COVID-19
