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Although the spread of the ‘third pandemic’ of a new coronavirus infection in Korea (Corona 19) has eased somewhat recently, it is showing signs of increasing again as confirmed cases appear one after another across the country on the day. 9.
According to quarantine authorities and local governments such as the Seoul Metropolitan Government, a total of 412 people were confirmed across the country from 0 o’clock to 9 p.m. that day.
151 more than the 261 added at the same time the day before.
In the area where confirmed cases were found, 344 (83.5%) in the metropolitan area and 68 (16.5%) in the non-metropolitan area.
By city and province, there were 162 people in Seoul and Gyeonggi, 20 in Incheon, 17 in Busan, 15 in Daegu, 14 in Gwangju, 10 in Gyeongnam, 3 in Gangwon, 2 in Jeonnam, Chungbuk, Chungnam, Gyeongbuk and 1 in Jeonbuk. .
Of the 17 cities and provinces across the country, no cases have yet been confirmed in 4 locations, including Daejeon, Ulsan, Sejong and Jeju.
With time until midnight when the count closes, the number of new confirmed cases to be announced at 0 o’clock on the 9th is expected to rise further to reach the mid-to-late range of 400.
The day before, at midnight, 42 more people jumped to 303.
The third pandemic, which started in earnest from mid-November last year, showed a gradual decline this year, but at the end of last month, it soared to 500 people for a time due to group infections like IM Mission, but recently declined. about 300 people.
In the last week (2.3 ~ 9), the number of new confirmed cases per day registered 467 → 451 → 370 → 393 → 371 → 289 → 303, with an average of 378 cases per day. Among them, the number of confirmed cases of regional outbreaks, which is a key indicator of the adjustment of the ‘social distancing’ stage, fell to an average of 348 per day, maintaining the range of the second stage (more than 300 people to Nacional level). .
However, there is a high possibility that the related indicators will deteriorate again, as new group infections, large and small, are occurring in the metropolitan area.
In the case of major infections, a group infection related to a religious facility and cultivation academy in Bucheon-si, Gyeonggi-do occurred that afternoon and so far, a group of 53 people has been confirmed.
Twenty confirmed cases, including Shintoism, came from religious facilities, with one of them found to be a teacher at a school in the same region, and a Japanese colonial investigation revealed that 33 people, including students, were infected at the school.
Furthermore, a total of 14 people were confirmed in case 2 from Dongdaemun-gu Hospital in Seoul, and 12 and 13 people were confirmed in Goyang, Gyeonggi province, focusing on users of the dance hall and restaurant in the same building.
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