<Anchor> There



were 195 new corona19 confirmed cases announced yesterday (3rd).

It came down below 200 people in 17 days.

The quarantine authorities believe that it should be dropped below at least 100 people so that there will be no difficulties in quarantine activities or securing beds.

It is decided today whether to end or add distance 2.5 steps down to the metropolitan area this Sunday.



Reporter Park Chan-beom reports.



<Reporter> On the



27th of last month, when the number of new corona 19 confirmed cases reached 441, the quarantine authorities announced the implementation of ``2.5 steps to distance'' in the metropolitan area, including restrictions on restaurant use the next day.



Since then, the number of confirmed cases has continued to decrease, and that day fell below 200 in 17 days.



The quarantine authorities are announcing the availability of a planned 2.5-step extension until Sunday.



[Yoon Tae-ho/Head of Central Accident Control Headquarters: Since there was such a trend that the number of patients increased afterwards over the summer vacation period, the goal is to stabilize the number of patients as much as possible before Chuseok.] The number of



new confirmed

cases

is decreasing, but the number of

patients is

severe or severe. The number of patients increased to 154 by adding 31.



From the end of August to the beginning of September, the number of seriously ill patients up to 134, exceeding our estimates.



[Lee Chang-joon/Central Accident Control Headquarters Patient Bed Management Team: I said that bed management would be relatively relaxed, but in the current situation, more than 150 people now have to change the existing simulation.]



There are still insufficient beds to accommodate severely ill patients, with only 43 out of the box.



Five local governments, including Daejeon, have no remaining beds, so if a critically ill occurs, it is in a situation to be returned to another city or province.



The authorities issued a policy to secure 110 additional critically ill beds in September, with the help of the military.