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Amid the ongoing epidemic of new coronavirus infection (Corona 19) in Korea, the number of new confirmed cases remained at fifth. The number of new confirmed cases decreased to 400 on the 27th of last month, 300 for two days from 28 to 29 and 200 for four days from 30 to 2, and from 3 to today it reached 100 for three consecutive days.
However, the ‘nth infection’ caused by confirmed cases related to churches and urban gatherings in the metropolitan area continues, and sporadic group infections continue in daily life, such as hospitals for the elderly, indoor carriages and information sessions on food healthy. It is a sittuation. In addition, the proportion of ‘unclear patients’ who do not know the route of infection exceeds 20% every day, and the number of serious and serious patients is increasing, so the quarantine authorities are tense.
The Central Defense Countermeasures Headquarters (Bang Dae-bon) announced that as of 0 o’clock on the day, the number of new confirmed corona 19 cases increased by 168, amassing 21,010. The number of new confirmed cases increased sharply since the middle of last month, when the cluster infection in the metropolitan area began in earnest, peaked at 441 on the 27th, and then gradually decreased, reaching 200 from 3 to 4, reaching the level of late 100s and mid 100s on this day.
Regarding the number of new confirmed cases per day from the 27 of last month to today, the decrease was relatively clear from 441 → 371 → 323 → 299 → 248 → 235 → 267 → 195 → 198 → 168. Looking at the infection route of 168 new confirmed cases on this day, 158 people, excluding 10 people from abroad, occurred in the region.
By region, 112 people in the metropolitan area, including 51 in Seoul, 47 in Gyeonggi and 14 in Incheon. In the non-capital area, there were 10 in Busan, 8 in Gwangju and Gyeongnam, 5 in Daegu, 4 in Chungnam, 3 in Gangwon, 2 in Daejeon, Chungbuk, and Jeonbuk, and 1 each in Ulsan and Jeju. In the case of major infections, as of noon the day before, the number of confirmed cases related to the Sarangjeil Church in Seoul increased from 13 to a cumulative 1152. On the 15th of last month, the number of infected people related to a demonstration large-scale held in Gwanghwamun in Seoul increased by 11, and a total of 473 were confirmed in 14 cities and provinces across the country.
In Seoul, group infections continue in medical institutions such as Seoul Asan Hospital in Songpa-gu (6 people accumulated) and Hyemin Hospital in Gwangjin-gu (16 people). Confirmed. Except for the metropolitan area, the scale of existing group infection cases such as Dongchunghacho, Dongwoo building in Buk-gu, Daegu (25 people) and Kimchi factory in Cheongyang-gun, Chungcheongnam-do (22 people) increases day to day. day.
On this day, there were 10 confirmed foreign entries, of which 4 were confirmed during quarantine at the airport or port. The remaining six tested positive while in self-isolation in Gyeonggi (3), Chungbuk (2) and Gyeongbuk (1) local residences or temporary housing facilities. When local outbreaks and overseas entries were combined (excluding quarantine), 115 people from the metropolitan area were confirmed nationwide, including 51 in Seoul, 50 in Gyeonggi, and 14 in Incheon, and in 15 provinces, excluding Sejong and Jeonnam.
The number of deaths increased from 2 to 333 people. The fatality rate is 1.58%. The number of critically ill and seriously ill patients increased from 2 to 159, the highest since the Corona 19 outbreak in Korea. Since the 18th of last month (9 people), it has increased steadily and has increased more than 17 times in 19 days. Quarantine authorities release daily patient statistics for Corona 19 in Korea based on 0:00 a.m. on the day.
Reporter Geum-ju Cheon [email protected]
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