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Yesterday, the number of new confirmed corona19 cases in Korea rose to 153, up to the mid-hundreds.
In the midst of this, new herd infections continue to emerge, and quarantine authorities are tense as patients with unknown routes of infection are reaching high levels every day.
Connect with reporters to learn more. Reporter Shin Hyun-jun!
As of noon today, the current status of the main national events and statistics was known, right?
[기자]First, 19 people related to the Seoul city rally on 8/15 were confirmed, and the cumulative number confirmed was 604.
Among them, the foot infection in the briefing in Dongchungha-cho, Buk-gu, Daegu, was confirmed as a serial infection in Cheonan Greenleaf office, Air GenQ office and the main nursing home in Jincheon, Chungbuk, and the cumulative number of confirmed cases increased to 58.
There have also been 11 confirmed cases related to the psychiatric care center and Park Ae-won in Goyang-si, Gyeonggi-do.
New outbreaks continue to occur.
Regarding the South Church in Bucheon, Gyeonggi Province, an additional 14 patients were confirmed after the first outbreak of patients on the 10th, totaling 15.
Kia Motors, related to Gwangmyeong-si, Gyeonggi-do, added 10 people since the first confirmed case yesterday, a total of 11 people.
The Western Australia Weekly Center, a social assistance center for the disabled in Seongnam, Gyeonggi province, also added 8 patients after the first patient on the 14th, and the cumulative number of confirmed patients is 9.
Since the first patient yesterday at Boryeong Ocean Science High School, Chungnam, there have been 5 confirmed cases, including 2 students, 2 teachers and 1 school bus driver.
[앵커]Quarantine authorities cited this Chuseok holiday as the biggest risk factor, saying that Corona 19 is a situation that is difficult to control around the world, and they called for compliance with quarantine rules, right?
[기자]Jung Eun-kyung, head of the Central Defense Countermeasures Headquarters, said at a briefing today that the cumulative number of corona19 cases in the world exceeded 30 million.
In addition, governments are controlling the outbreak, such as strengthening containment policies, but they are concerned that a situation that is difficult to control due to high contagion and the spread of power will continue.
At the same time, he noted that the biggest risk factor for home quarantine is the Chuseok holiday, the second is fall and winter, an increase in flu, and the third is that the environment changes as the temperature drops.
In addition, in the absence of vaccines or treatments, it was stressed again that the mask is a self-vaccine and a seat belt.
Among these, 26.4% of new patients who are investigating the route of infection in the last two weeks have reached a new record.
[앵커]Yesterday, the number of new confirmed corona19 patients increased to 153, a lot from the previous day, right?
[기자]As of today at 0 o’clock, the number of new Corona 19 patients was 153, a total of 22,657.
The number of new patients remains at 100 on the 15th, but 40 more than the day before.
There was concern that the number of patients, which had dropped to the beginning of 100 people earlier this week, has increased for two consecutive days yesterday and today, and has changed to a proliferation trend.
Quarantine authorities said there may be a temporary increase in this, but they believe it is an overall decrease from last week.
Likewise, on the 14th, the effect of easing distances in the metropolitan area usually appears after 10 days to 2 weeks, so he drew a line that the increase in new cases was not the effect.
The number of confirmed cases in Korea, excluding foreign entries, was 145, an increase of 40 from the previous day.
By region, there were 62 in Seoul, 52 in Gyeonggi and 7 in Incheon, with 121 in the metropolitan area.
The number of new patients in the metropolitan area, which had fallen to double digits since the 12th, rose again to triple digits in six days.
Outside of the metropolitan area, Chungnam was the largest with 9 people, Gyeongbuk had 6 people, Gyeongnam 3 people, Busan and Daegu 2 people each, and Gwangju and Daejeon each had 1 person.
There were 8 foreign entries, 2 in the quarantine stage and 6 in the local community.
The number of additional deaths increased to 5 and the cumulative number of deaths increased to 372.
The number of critically ill or seriously ill patients remained at 160.
YTN Shin Hyun-joon at the Ministry of Social Affairs[[email protected]]it is.
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