61 new confirmed cases, double digits again in 4 days



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The number of new confirmed corona 19 cases in Korea has fallen below 100. It is a double-digit record in four days from the last 22 days (61 people).

However, new cases of group infection are found in various places such as nursing homes and nurseries, and the proportion of ‘unclear’ patients who do not know the path of infection reaches 25%, thus the size of the infection it can increase again at any time. The quarantine authorities believe that the Chuseok holiday (9.30 ~ 10.4), which has a large population movement, will be a major crossroads between reproliferation and the Corona 19 calm.

The Central Defense Response Headquarters announced that as of midnight, the number of new confirmed corona19 patients increased by 61, accumulating 23,516. The number of confirmed cases was 53 less than the previous day (114).

The number of new confirmed patients per day showed three digits for three consecutive days (110 → 125 → 114) in the last 23-25 ​​days, but this day dropped to two digits.

Previously, the number of new confirmed cases skyrocketed to 441 on the 27th of last month, but then gradually decreased to 300 and 200, followed by 100 for 17 consecutive days from 3 to 19 this month, and then from 20 to 22 (82 → 70 → 61). Myung) It had dropped to double digits for a while for three days.

Regarding the infection route of 61 new patients confirmed on this day, 49 local outbreaks and 12 foreign entries. It was only 44 days after 13 (47) last month that the number of confirmed local outbreaks fell below 50.

By region, there are 39 in the metropolitan area, including 25 in Seoul, 13 in Gyeonggi, and 1 in Incheon. The number of confirmed cases in the metropolitan area decreased by 44 from the previous day (83), and fell below 50 in four days from the 22nd (36). In the most important cases of infection, infections of large and small groups were discovered in the metropolitan area. Regarding the Sarangnamu Nursery in Gwanak-gu, Seoul, a total of 6 people were confirmed as positive after the first one confirmed on the 23rd, and in the case of the Anyang City Music Academy, Gyeonggi Province, 11 people were confirmed from the first case on the 22nd. In addition, there were confirmed cases of existing group infections such as Yemaru Day Care Center in Dobong-gu, Seoul (accumulated 18 people), Bible meeting in Dongdaemun-gu (18 people) and Daewoodioville Plus (46 people) in Gangnam-gu.

Meanwhile, the number of deaths increased by 4 per day to 399. The average death rate in Korea is 1.70%. After being confirmed as Corona 19, the number of patients whose condition was severe or worsened beyond the severe stage was 6, compared to the previous day, to a total of 122. The number of confirmed cases released from quarantine increased from 189 to 21,166, and the number of patients receiving treatment after being quarantined is 1951, 132 below. There are a total of 2.29 million COVID-19 tests conducted in Korea so far. Of these, 22,483,321 were negative and the remaining 18,580 were awaiting results.

Reporter Seo Ji-young [email protected]





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