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▲ On the morning of the 11th, a 48-person containerized infectious disease bed is being built in an empty lot next to the main building of the Seoul Medical Center in Sinnae-dong, Jungnang-gu, Seoul, to be used as a ward recovery for corona patients19. | |
Ⓒ Kwon Woo-seong |
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(Seoul = Yonhap News) Reporter Shin Jae-woo = As the ‘third pandemic’ of a new coronavirus infection in Korea (Corona 19) spread with terrifying momentum, the number of new confirmed cases skyrocketed in mid- the 900 on the 12th.
It increased significantly from the day before, registering the highest in nearly 11 months since January 20, when the first corona19 patient occurred in Korea, and exactly 327 days.
The reason for the explosion of new confirmed cases is that large-scale group infections have reappeared in churches and nursing hospitals in the metropolitan area, and the infection is spreading rapidly throughout the country through academies, restaurants, classes singing, family and acquaintances groups and military units. .
The increase in new confirmed cases is expected to increase the burden on the overall medical system, as well as the shortage of beds.
Of the 928 people in the area, 669 people in the metropolitan area, 259 people in the non-metropolitan area
The Central Headquarters of Defense Countermeasures announced that the number of new confirmed cases of corona19 increased by 950 as of midnight, accumulating 41,736.
261 more than the previous day (689).
950 new confirmed cases per day is the largest yet. The highest record so far was 909 people on February 29, when the ‘first pandemic’ centered in Daegu and Gyeongbuk reached its peak.
The number of new confirmed cases has increased considerably since the ‘third pandemic’ began last month, and in the last three days it was at the level of the late 600s, but on this day it went from 700 to 800 and went directly to 900 .
The number of new confirmed cases, which remained around 100 until the beginning of last month, showed a cascading increase and reached a situation where the number surpassed 1,000 in a month.
For two weeks from the 28th of last month to this day, the number of new patients confirmed daily 503 → 450 → 438 → 451 → 511 → 540 → 628 → 577 → 631 → 615 → 592 → 671 → 680 people → 689 people → 950 people, etc. In recent years, the upward trend has become more and more pronounced. The three-digit number of 100 or more has been the 35th from the 8th of last month to the present day.
▲ On the morning of the 11th, citizens are moving to undergo a new coronavirus infection test at the screening clinic at the Jungnang-gu Health Center in Seoul. | |
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When looking at the infection route of the new confirmed patients on this day, the local outbreaks were 928 and the foreign entries were 22.
The number of confirmed local outbreaks increased by 255 from the previous day (673), exceeding 684 (March 2), the largest scale so far. Local outbreaks occurred in 500 to 600 people in the last 9 days.
In the area where confirmed cases were found, 669 people were in the metropolitan area, including 359 in Seoul, 268 in Gyeonggi and 42 in Incheon. The number of confirmed cases in the metropolitan area increased by 157 from the previous day (512), surpassing the 600 mark. In particular, both Seoul and Gyeonggi are breaking records every day.
Outside the metropolitan area, Busan is the largest with 58 people, followed by Gangwon 36, Daegu 35, Ulsan 23, Chungbuk 21, Gyeongbuk 19, Daejeon 18, Gyeongnam 17, Gwangju and Chungnam 9 each, Jeonnam 8 Myeong, Jeonbuk 5 , Sejong 1. There were a total of 259 confirmed cases in non-metropolitan areas.
In the case of the group infection recently confirmed the day before, 59 people were confirmed at Seongseok Church in Gangseo-gu, Seoul, and 67 confirmed at Hyoplus Nursing Hospital in Sang-dong, Bucheon-si, Gyeonggi-do.
In addition, subway station in Eunpyeong-gu, Seoul (10 people accumulated), Day Protection Center in Gunpo-si, Gyeonggi-do (26 people), family and securities companies in Bupyeong-gu, Incheon (27 people), other classes in Gangneung-si, Gangwon (11 people), restaurants in Changwon-10, Gyeongnam (yes Infected people also appeared in music clubs (11 people) in Changwon City.
A total of 578 deaths, an increase of 10 people with serious illnesses, 179 people … Positive rate 2.46%
The number of confirmed entries abroad was 22, 6 more than the previous day (16).
Twelve of the confirmed cases were confirmed during the airport or port quarantine. The remaining 10 were confirmed while in self-isolation in residential or temporary housing facilities in Gyeonggi (4), Seoul (3) and Busan, Chungnam, and Jeonbuk (1 each).
The estimated countries for entry are 7 in the US, 3 in Russia, 2 each in the Philippines and Bangladesh, and 1 each in Japan, Bulgaria, Ukraine, Turkey, Hungary, Croatia, Algeria and Ethiopia. Among the confirmed cases, 13 were Korean and 9 foreign.
When local outbreaks and foreign influxes are combined, Seoul has 362 people, Gyeonggi 272 people, Incheon 42 people, and 676 people in the metropolitan area. Nationwide, there were confirmed cases in 16 provinces except Jeju.
▲ Amid the spread of the new coronavirus infection (Corona 19), the sports facility located at Yeonga Bridge in Hongjecheon, Seodaemun-gu, Seoul was temporarily closed on the morning of the 11th to prevent corona 19 infection. | |
Ⓒ Yoo Seongho |
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Meanwhile, the number of deaths increased by 6 from the day before to 578. The average death rate in Korea is 1.38%.
The number of patients with severe gastric disorders whose condition worsened was 179, an increase of 10 from the previous day.
For this day, the number of confirmed cases released from quarantine increased by 336 to a cumulative of 31,493. Currently, the number of patients undergoing isolation treatment increased by 608 to a total of 9,665.
To date, the number of corona19 diagnostic tests performed in Korea is a total of 3,349,000,864, of which 32,21,386 were negative, and the remaining 86,000,742 are awaiting the results.
The number of tests per day the previous day was 38,651, 5,386 more than 3,265 the day before.
The positive rate, calculated in comparison with the number of tests the day before, was 2.46% (950 of 38,651), compared to 2.07% (689 of 3,265) the day before. The accumulated positive rate at 0 o’clock on this day is 1.25% (41,736 out of 334,864).
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