China News Service, March 1st. According to a comprehensive report, the Korean Agency for Disease Control announced on March 1 that as of 0:00 that day, 138,993 new confirmed cases of new crown were added in South Korea compared with 0:00 the previous day, and the cumulative number of confirmed cases of new crown reached 3,273,449; There were 112 deaths, and the number of deaths exceeded 110 for two consecutive days.
Data map: Medical staff in Seoul, South Korea test citizens for the new crown virus.
Zheng Yinjing, director of the Korean Agency for Disease Control, said at a regular press conference on February 28 that it is expected that on March 9, the number of new confirmed cases of new crown in the country will exceed 230,000 in a single day, and the number of critically ill cases receiving hospitalization will increase to 1,200. example above.
Zheng Yinjing said that based on the predictions made by domestic and foreign research teams from February 23 to 24, the peak of the current round of epidemic caused by the spread of the Omicron variant may appear in early to mid-March, and the number of new cases in a single day may reach 18. 10,000 to 350,000 cases.
The epidemic prevention department will regularly predict the trend of the epidemic and adjust the response plan.
In addition, the risk level of the new crown epidemic in South Korea from February 20 to 26 was rated as high.
The epidemic prevention department said that with Omicron becoming the mainstream strain in the country, the number of new cases and critically ill cases in a single day has increased, but the medical system is sufficient to cope with the current epidemic.