<Anchor> The
government is considering extending the strengthened distance imposed on the metropolitan area by another week.
Although the number of new confirmed cases is on a decline, it is because of the judgment that the reins need to be tightened a little to enter a certain stability.
This is Park Chan-beom reporter.
<Reporter> The
government is considering a plan to extend the second stage of reinforced distance planning, the so-called '2.5 stage,' scheduled until the day after tomorrow (6th), for about a week.
Prime Minister Jeong Sye-gyun said today that the number of new corona19 confirmed cases is gradually decreasing, but has not entered a definite stability.
At the same time, I apologize to the public for the economic difficulties and inconveniences of daily life, but once again, I asked for understanding and patience, and announced a policy to extend the period.
[Sae-Kyun Jeong/Prime Minister: We must do our best to create a positive reversal phase rather than causing a bigger crisis by hastily eased quarantine measures.]
Yesterday's day, the number of new corona19 confirmed cases fell below 200 for two days in a row. There were 28,42 people.
Most of the new confirmed cases, 189 patients, were domestically, and only 9 cases were introduced from overseas.
By region, there were 68 in Seoul, 55 in Gyeonggi, and 5 in Incheon, with 128 people from the metropolitan area, and in the non-metropolitan area, there were confirmed cases in 14 cities and provinces nationwide, including 20 in Chungnam, 10 in Gwangju and 7 in Daegu.
The number of gastric and severe patients yesterday increased by 3 a day to 157, and 2 additional deaths were added so far, 331 people have died from Corona 19.