The Korean Central News Agency, which is run by the North Korean state, reported on the morning of the 16th that more than 392,900 people were newly confirmed to have fever and eight people died in the day until 6 pm on the 15th.
The number of fever patients per day has increased by more than 96,000 compared to the previous day.
In addition, since the end of last month, the symptoms of fever have been confirmed in a total of more than 1.21 million people, and 50 people have died.
North Korea announced on the 12th of this month that it will shift to the "maximum emergency quarantine system" after the first confirmed person infected with the new coronavirus. ", Showing a strong sense of crisis.