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As the spread of the new coronavirus infection (Corona 19) continued in Korea, confirmed cases appeared one after another across the country on Christmas 25.
According to quarantine authorities and local governments such as the Seoul Metropolitan Government, a total of 726 people were recently confirmed across the country from 0 o’clock to 6 p.m. that day.
58 more than the total of 668 at the same time the day before.
Of the 726 people in each city and province, 498 (68.6%) in the metropolitan area and 228 (31.4%) in the non-metropolitan area.
By province, Seoul 237, Gyeonggi 213, Incheon 48, Chungnam 44, Busan 28, Jeonbuk 27, Gyeongnam 20, Gyeongbuk 18, Gangwon 17, Gwangju 16, Jeju 15, Daegu and Chungbuk There were 14 each, 8 in Ulsan, 4 in Daejeon, 2 in Jeonnam and 1 in Sejong. All 17 trials were confirmed.
Since there is time until midnight, when the count closes, the number of new confirmed cases to be announced at 0:00 on the 26th is expected to increase. Taking into account the recent trend of increasing the number of confirmed cases even after 6pm, it will most likely hit around 1,000.
A new outbreak of large-scale outbreaks in some specific facilities could exceed the 1,000 person line. In the case of the previous day, there were 668 people as of 6 p.m., but since 288 people tested positive at Songpa-gu East Detention Center, Seoul, the 12 p.m. deadline increased to 1,241 people.
The number of new confirmed cases is about 1,000 per day.
In the last week (12.19-25), the number of new confirmed cases per day registered 1.47 → 1.97 → 926 → 867 → 1.90 → 985 → 1.241, an average of 1.36 per day. It happened like. Among them, the number of confirmed cases of regional outbreaks, which is a key indicator of the adjustment of the ‘social distance’ stage, reached an average of 1.6 per day, exceeding 1,000.
Examples of major new group infections include a meat processing company in Gwangju, Gyeonggi province (18 people accumulated), a restaurant-food store in Cheonan-si, Chungnam (33 people), an animal hospital in Geoje-si , Gyeongnam (16 people) and a meeting of acquaintances in Hadong-gun (14 people).
In addition, the infection scale in existing cases such as Hyoplus Nursing Hospital (163 people) in Bucheon-si, Gyeonggi Province, and Cheongju True Love Nursing Center for the Elderly (98 people) in Cheongju, Chungbuk also increases. day to day.
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