[사회]686 new corona19 confirmed … the second largest in history



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The number of new confirmed corona19 cases has skyrocketed, approaching 700.

Phase 2.5 of the distance to the metropolitan area started yesterday, but the spread is expected to continue for the time being, as it will take longer to take effect.

Connect reporters. Reporter Shin Hyun-jun!

Tell us the current status of Corona 19.

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As of today at 0 o’clock, there are 686 new cases of Corona 19.

92 people increased from the day before, which is the highest since the third pandemic.

Additionally, 686 was the second largest after 909 on February 29, which was the peak of the first pandemic, and the number of confirmed cases is the same as 686 on March 2.

Looking at the infection route, 662 people occurred in Korea and 24 people entered.

By region, the number of domestic outbreaks is 524 in the metropolitan area, including 264 in Seoul, 214 in Gyeonggi, and 46 in Incheon.

138 people also left in the non-metropolitan area.

There were the most confirmed cases in the 17 provinces, including Gyeongnam with 31 people, Chungbuk 23, Busan 20, Ulsan 14, Jeonbuk 12 and Daejeon 10.

Nine of the 24 confirmed entries abroad were confirmed during the quarantine stage.

The number of deaths increased from 4 to 556 and the number of seriously ill patients increased from 15 to 149.

Since yesterday the nation’s social distancing has risen and the level of quarantine has been raised.

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Prime Minister Jeong Sye-gyun said that Corona’s battlefield is the metropolitan area and that he will focus all his capabilities on the metropolitan area, right?

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Prime Minister Jeong Sye-gyun said this morning at the Disaster and Security Countermeasures Headquarters meeting held at the Gyeonggi-do Office.

He said he would concentrate all his capabilities, saying that the battlefield is the metropolitan area that will break the momentum of the 3rd pandemic.

The stage of social distancing was diagnosed as having risen and people are cooperating as well, but the spread has yet to stop.

In fact, the daily average of patients in the metropolitan area during the past week was 440 and today it exceeded 500 for the first time.

At the same time, the government emphasized that the public will also respond with a ‘participatory quarantine’, as the government will do its best to respond to necessary quarantine measures, such as preventive inspection, epidemiological investigation, and bed safety. in addition to adjusting the distance stage.

Prime Minister Chung also pledged to do his best to ensure that the insured vaccines are vaccinated in a timely manner, while some countries have already started vaccination regarding the vaccine, but the government prioritizes public safety and monitors closely the situation in other countries.

Regarding the vaccine, he stressed that wearing a mask is the best quarantine for the moment, and said that it takes time to verify the expected effect.

YTN Shin Hyun-joon at the Ministry of Social Affairs[[email protected]]it is.

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