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As the spread of Corona 19 continues in Korea, the number of new confirmed cases remained in the mid-range of 600 on Day 3.
Following 800 people the day before, it was below 1,000 people for two consecutive days.
Notably, the number of new confirmed patients in the 600 range is only 23 days from the 11th of last month (689).
However, this is due to the impact of the number of diagnostic tests in the New Year holidays (1.1 ~ 1.3) significantly reduced compared to the day of the previous week, and it is too early to judge that the expansion trend has decreased. .
The government decided that the spread of Corona 19 was suppressed thanks to ‘social distancing’ (Seoul metropolitan area stage 2.5, non-metropolitan area stage 2) and ‘New Year’s special quarantine measures’. It has been extended for 2 weeks until the 17th.
Additionally, the ban on private gatherings of 5 or more people has also been extended beyond the metropolitan area to the entire country.
● Local occurrence rate of 600 people… Of 641,444 in the metropolitan area, 197 in the non-metropolitan area
The Central Defense Response Headquarters (Bangdaebon) announced that as of midnight, the number of new confirmed cases of corona19 increased by 657, accumulating 63,000,244 people.
167 people decreased compared to the previous day (824 people).
Since mid-November last year, the spread of Corona 19 has continued since the ‘third pandemic’ began in earnest.
When looking at the infection route of the new confirmed patients on this day, 641 people were outbreaks in the region and 16 people arrived from abroad.
In the case of major group infections, a total of 958 people were confirmed at 0 o’clock the day before in connection with Songpa-gu East Detention Center, Seoul, where a large-scale group infection occurred .
Currently, the fifth total investigation of 1,000 inmates is in progress.
● The number of deaths increased by 20, and the 962 people accumulated … Yesterday 38.40 tests, positive rate 1.73%
16 entries abroad were confirmed, 20 less than the previous day (36).
Eight of the confirmed cases were confirmed during quarantine at the airport or port.
The remaining 8 tested positive for self-isolation in residential or temporary housing facilities in Gyeonggi (4), Seoul (2), and Daegu and Chungbuk (1 each).
When local outbreaks and foreign inflows (excluding quarantine) are combined, the metropolitan area is 450, including 197 in Seoul, 205 in Gyeonggi, and 48 in Incheon.
At the national level, there were new cases in all 17 provinces.
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 positive rate, calculated in comparison with the number of tests the day before, was 1.73% (657 of 38,040), which was significantly lower than the previous day 2.46% (824 of 3,481).
At 0 o’clock on this day, the cumulative positive rate is 1.46% (63,244 out of 4,43,838).
(Photo = Yonhap News)
