[속보] Group infection of 44 people in 3 Daegu churches of Gwanghwamun assembly-Chosun.com

On the 30th, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced on the 30th that “at 12 noon on this day, the cumulative number of confirmed cases at the Seoul city center meetings, including the 8.15 rally from Gwanghwamun in Seoul was 369, an increase of 62 from the previous day. ” The collective infection of the ‘Seoul Urban Rally’ classified by Jilbon was a combination of the National Labor Congress of the Democratic Confederation of Trade Unions held near Bosingak, around the 15th, with the confirmed cases of the Gwanghwamun assembly in Seoul, excluding members or visitors of the Sarangjeil Church in Seongbuk-gu, Seoul, where 1,035 accumulated confirmed cases were found. .

The cumulative increase in the number of confirmed cases in urban gatherings on this day is largely due to the recently confirmed group infection of 44 members from three churches in Daegu who attended the meeting in Gwanghwamun, Seoul. 34 people from Daegu Sarang Church, 6 from Grace Lo Vision Church and Agape Church.

In addition to the Seoul City Assembly, group infections of churches in the metropolitan area have also been confirmed, such as the Greater Gwonneung Church in Yeongdeungpo-gu, Seoul (accumulated 17 people), the Seoul Seminary Association in Dongjak-gu (22 people) and Seohaero Church in Pyeongtaek, Gyeonggi Province (10 people).

◇ Maximum blink rate renewed … Two weeks away

Jilbon also said: “Of the 4,381 cases confirmed for two weeks in the last 17 to 29 days, 942 confirmed cases with unknown routes of infection.” 21.5% of the quarantine authorities were unaware of the infection route. As of the 22nd, the blink rate for two weeks was 20.2%, the highest level since the rate was compiled on April 6 and was the highest on this day.

On the 29th, the number of new confirmed cases per day dropped to 299, again after five days. However, it is pointed out that it is too early to judge that the spread of the infection has stopped. First, since the 29th is Saturday, the possibility that the number of inspections will decrease from weekdays cannot be excluded.

In particular, the number of confirmed cases did not decrease despite the quarantine authorities carried out a sequential distancing from the 16th day. For two weeks, from the 16th to the 29th, when the quarantine authorities implemented the so-called ‘step 1.5’ In Seoul and Gyeonggi, the number of new confirmed cases in Korea was 4,381, an average of 312.9 per day. The number of new confirmed cases during a week from 23 to 29, which was carried out in the second phase at the national level, was 2,300, a daily average of 328.6. After the distancing, the expansion trend has grown rather than declined.

In a briefing on the 28th, the director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Jeong Eun-kyung, said: “There are analysts who analyze that between 800 and 2000 new cases may appear a day next week.” .

Joon-wook Kwon, Deputy Chief of Central Defense Countermeasures Headquarters, said in a briefing on the 29th: “How faithful and united we all responded to the COVID-19 outbreak, which is the only measure of distance, now is the time that the report card is serious. ” There will be results. ”However, as a result of the count on day 30, it was found that the expansion trend did not decrease.

◇ 70 stomach and severe patients … 7 deaths in two days

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said: “At 0 o’clock on the 30th, there were 70 seriously ill patients.” It is 2.5 times that of a week ago (30 people) and 5.4 times that of two weeks ago (13 people). This is because the proportion of confirmed patients aged 60 years or older is increasing, which is very likely to worsen in severe gastrointestinal symptoms if infected and, in some cases, is likely to lead to death. At 0 o’clock on the 29th, 41.6% of the confirmed cumulative cases from the Sarangjeil Church in Seongbuk-gu, Seoul, were over 60 years old. The proportion of people aged 60 and over compared to the cumulative confirmed cases in downtown Seoul, excluding Sarangjeil Church members and visitors.
Among these, 5 people died on the 28th and 2 people died on the 29th, and 7 people died in two days. At 0 o’clock on the 30th, the cumulative number of deaths is 323 and the mortality rate (case fatality rate, cumulative number of deaths compared to cumulative number of confirmed cases) is 1.64%.

◇ Daegu most confirmed since April 1

In Daegu, 30 new confirmed cases came out on the 29th and recorded the most confirmed cases per day for 152 days after April 1. 29 of 30 are from Sarangjeil Church. As a result, there were 34 cases in Daegu from the Sarang First Church, of which 22 attended the Gwanghwamun assembly.

In Gyeongnam, 19 new confirmed cases emerged over two days, including 12 on the 28th and 7 on the 29th. Company employees were further infected with confirmation from an employee at the Doosan Machine Tools convenience store in Changwon who attended the Gwanghwamun assembly in Seoul. In Geoje, local infections are spreading, and family members are identified according to a woman in her 60s who was confirmed while helping with agricultural work. A 6-year-old granddaughter was also confirmed to attend a care class and the care class was suspended.

◇ Seoul City “Within a week, 10 million citizens stop the week”

On the 28th, the government announced that “from September 30 to 6, indoor sports facilities will be suspended in Seoul, Gyeonggi and Incheon, and other metropolitan areas, seating in restaurants will be prohibited after 9 pm and offline classes at the academy will be suspended. Revealed. On the 30th, the first day of implementation, Seoul Mayor Seo Jeong-hyup held a briefing and said, “Starting today, we will conduct a week to detain 10 million citizens.”

First, after 9 p.m. when restaurants in general were closed, they said they would apply the same group restriction measures to all types of restaurants regardless of the permit to avoid the ‘balloon effect’ that fills with stalls, street shops and trucks of food. . In addition, in addition to the 11,164 targets that will be reported under the Sports Facilities Act such as gyms, billiards and golf practice areas, it also announced that it will minimize blind spots by taking steps to suspend operations such as table tennis courts and Pilates courts. registered as ‘free business’.

In addition, in relation to door-to-door sales companies such as ‘Wuhan Group’ in Gwanak-gu, Seoul, where group infections are occurring recently, he said, “in cooperation with the Fair Trade Commission, we plan to temporarily increase the amount of multi-level illegal reporting rewards from 2 million won to 5 million won to increase management intensity. “

As of 12:00 AM on the 30th, the cumulative number of confirmed cases in Seoul was 3,773, an increase of 116 from the previous day. Furthermore, the weekly blink rate in Seoul is increasing from 7.1% from August 9 to 15 to 16.9% from August 16 to 22 and from 31.9% from August 23 to 28. “Even if quarantine authorities have expanded diagnostic testing capabilities to intensively catch large and residual fires, the spread of other flames continues to rebound and the spread does not slow down,” said Seo Jeong-hyeop. “I am sending out a strong warning that I can get infected without my knowledge anywhere in my daily space.”