657 new coronaviruses confirmed, down from 1000 on the second day due to the holiday effect … 20 deaths increased (total)

Check-in 2021.01.03 09:32 | Revision 2021.01.03 10:18

As the spread of the new coronavirus infection (Corona 19) continues in Korea, there were 657 new cases on day 2. After 800 the day before, it was below 1000 for two consecutive days. However, this is due to the impact of the number of diagnostic tests for the New Year holidays significantly reduced compared to the day of the previous week, and it is too early to judge that the spread of the disease has decreased.

The government saw that not only the effects of the Christmas season, but also social distancing and special quarantine measures during the end of the year and New Years suppress the spread of Corona 19. Consequently, the two measures that were scheduled to end that day they were extended by two weeks until the 18th.

The ban on private gatherings of 5 or more people, which previously only applied to the metropolitan area, was also expanded nationally.

According to the Central Defense Response Headquarters, of the 657 new confirmed cases, 641 are infected locally and 16 are entering abroad. In the area where confirmed cases were found, there were 444 in Seoul, including 195 in Seoul, 01 in Gyeonggi and 48 in Incheon.

The non-metropolitan areas are Gangwon 33, Gwangju and Chungbuk each 26, Daegu 21, Busan 19, Gyeongbuk 14, Jeonnam and Gyeongnam 12 each, Chungnam 9, Daejeon 8, Ulsan 7, Jeonbuk 5, Jeju Four, Sejong and one. There were a total of 197 confirmed cases from non-metropolitan areas.

In the case of major group infections, a total of 958 people were confirmed at 0 o’clock the day before in connection with the eastern detention center in Songpa-gu, Seoul, where a large group infection occurred. scale. Currently, the fifth comprehensive investigation of 1,000 inmates is underway.

In addition, the group infection scale continues to grow, such as a nursing hospital in Yongin, Gyeonggi province (total 10 people), an elderly care center in Pyeongtaek, Gyeonggi province (13 people), a trip with friends and a sauna in Pyeongtaek city (23 persons) and a golf club in Jinju city, Gyeongnam (23 persons).

The number of confirmed entries abroad was 16, 20 less than the previous day (36). Of these, eight were confirmed during quarantine at the airport or port. The remaining 22 were trained in Gyeonggi (6), Seoul (5), Chungbuk, Jeonnam, Gyeongbuk, Gyeongnam (2 each), Incheon, Chungnam, and Jeju (1 each) while being isolated in local residences or temporary housing facilities. . I was tried.

The number of deaths increased by 20 from the previous day to a cumulative 962. The average death rate in Korea is 1.52%. The number of patients whose condition was severe or worse was 355, 6 less than the day before.

The number of daily tests the day before was 38,040, 4,559 more than the 3,3481 the day before. The positive rate, calculated in comparison with the number of tests the day before, was 1.73% (657 of 39,040), which was significantly lower than the 2.46% (824 of 33,481) the day before.