[사회]Today, up to 1,000 people are likely to be ‘confirmed’

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As the third coronavirus pandemic continues, the number of confirmed cases is increasing rapidly across the country.

The possibility cannot be ruled out that the number of new confirmed patients who will be announced as of 0:00 today cannot be ruled out.

Reporter Kim Joo-hwan reports.

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It is a nursing hospital located on the eighth floor of a building in Sang-dong, Bucheon-si, Gyeonggi-do.

In this hospital alone, yesterday there were 61 additional confirmed cases of corona19 per day.

The cohort of quarantine authorities quarantined the eighth floor of the nursing hospital.

And in Seoul alone, 310 additional people were infected with Corona 19 over 23 hours from 0:00 to 11:00 pm yesterday.

These new groups of infections occur mainly in the metropolitan area, where the population density is high.

[윤태호 / 중앙사고수습본부 방역총괄반장 : 여전히 수도권의 환자가 전체의 76%를 차지하며 수도권을 중심으로 한 유행 확산세가 반전되지 못하는 위중한 상황입니다.]

The rate of increase in confirmed cases is also becoming steeper.

There is a high possibility that the number of new confirmed patients to be announced from 0:00 today will go directly from the existing 600 to 800 or 900, or up to 1000.

This means that there is a high probability that it will become the largest since the start of the third pandemic.

Therefore, there is a concern that if the current trend of expansion cannot be overcome, the next step up to the third stage, which means “total restrictions” on social activities, is inevitable.

However, the government urges that voluntary distancing prior to the three-stage improvement review, where the social and economic damage is severe, is very important to block the spread of Corona 19.

This is YTN Kim Joo-hwan.

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