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Here is the Corona news.

As the cumulative number of confirmed cases of Corona exceeded 13 million, it was found that one in four Koreans was infected.

The government is announcing a new distance adjustment plan today (1st), but private gatherings are expected to increase by 10 people and business hours will increase until midnight.



By Park Jae-hyung, staff reporter.



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As of 00:00 yesterday, the cumulative number of corona19 confirmed in Korea was 13,095,631, or 25.37% of the population.



It has been 8 days since the percentage of the population exceeded 20% on the 23rd.



The number of confirmed cases was concentrated last month, when the epidemic peaked.



In most of the country, including Seoul and Gyeonggi, a third of the cumulative confirmed cases came out within a month.



The number of seriously ill patients was 1,315, the highest on record, and the death toll was 375.



Quarantine authorities predicted that the peak of the epidemic has passed, but the increase in the number of severe cases and deaths will continue.



The period from confirmation to death has been shortened to an average of one week, so the death toll can reach its peak sooner.



[Lee Sang-won / Head of Epidemiological Investigation and Analysis Team, Central Quarantine Countermeasures Headquarters: The number of severe cases and deaths may increase for up to two weeks, and there is a possibility that it will also decrease after that (it is judged)]



From next Monday The proposed distance adjustments to be applied will be announced today.



The limit on the number of people at private gatherings will be increased from 8 to 10 people, and it is expected that the limit of opening hours for restaurants and cafes, which used to be 11 pm, will also be extended to midnight.



The application period is expected to be 3 weeks.



The government is considering a plan to completely lift quarantine measures before the new government's inauguration date, May 10, if the decrease in the number of confirmed cases is maintained and the trend of severe cases and deaths subsides.



The Wall Street Journal reported that "Korea could become the first country in the world to convert Corona into an endemic disease based on its high vaccination rate and low fatality rate."