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Amid the ongoing ‘third pandemic’ of a new coronavirus infection in Korea (Corona 19), confirmed cases were followed up across the country on the 20th.
According to quarantine authorities and local governments such as the Seoul Metropolitan Government, a total of 341 new confirmed cases across the country tested positive for Corona 19 from 0 a.m. to 6 p.m.
They are 19 less than the 360 counted at the same time the day before.
In the area where confirmed cases were found, 287 (84.2%) in the metropolitan area and 54 (15.8%) in the non-metropolitan area.
By province, Gyeonggi 152, Seoul 114, Incheon 21, Busan 11, Daegu 7, Gyeongbuk and Gyeongnam 6, Gwangju, Ulsan, Jeonbuk, Chungnam 4 each, Jeju 3, Gangwon and Chungbuk 2 each, is one of Jeonnam.
Of the 17 cities and provinces across the country, no cases have been confirmed in Daejeon and Sejong.
As there is still time until midnight when the count closes, the number of new confirmed cases that are announced at 0:00 on the 21st is expected to increase to 400.
The number of new confirmed cases remained at 300 during the Lunar New Year holidays (2.11-14), but increased to 500-600 due to group infections everywhere, but has since dropped to 400.
In the last week (2.14 ~ 20), the number of new confirmed cases per day registered 326 → 343 → 457 → 621 → 621 → 561 → 448, showing an average of 482 per day.
Among them, the number of confirmed cases of local outbreaks, which is a key indicator of the adjustment of the ‘social distancing’ stage, is an average of 455 per day. Starting from the last 17 days (approximately 406), the number of confirmed cases of regional outbreaks on average re-enters the 2.5-step range daily (400-500 or more nationwide, or rapid increase in patients as doubling ), and then 423 → 445 → 455 every day, it shows an increasing trend.
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In the case of major group infections, additional infections are occurring one after another, mainly in large-scale workplaces such as university hospitals and factories, and at various meetings.
In the case of the metropolitan area, the cumulative number of confirmed patients related to the Seoul Hospital of Soonchunhyang University in Yongsan-gu, Seoul increased to 201, and 19 people were added per day in relation to the plastics factory in the Jingwan Industrial Complex. in Namyang-si, Gyeonggi-do, reaching 148.
Furthermore, in the case of Yeongsaenggyo and the tutoring academy in Bucheon-si, Gyeonggi-do, 7 people were added and the cumulative number was 161.
In the non-metropolitan area, the number of confirmed cases related to the cricket boiler manufacturing plant in Asan, Chungcheongnam-do increased to 165.
Cases of new outbreaks in kindergartens, workplaces and martial arts were also confirmed.
In the case of kindergartens and kindergartens in Yangcheon-gu, Seoul, 18 people were confirmed, including teachers and graduates, and a total of 14 people were infected in nursing homes and kindergartens in Yongin, Gyeonggi province.
A total of 29 confirmed patients, including users, workers, and family members, were found in the Seongnam-si Ballroom, Gyeonggi-do, and in the case of a trading company in Seo-gu, Incheon, 12 people were confirmed after another, including relatives, colleagues and family members.
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