Although the rapid spread of Corona 19 in Korea has declined, as group infections continued throughout the country, the number of new confirmed cases was counted to 100 on the 13th.
The number of new confirmed cases has remained around 100 on the 11th day from the 3rd of this month, but the scale was slightly reduced from yesterday's (136) and reached the low of 100.
However, sporadic infections are continuing in'potentially infectious areas' such as elderly facilities and nursing homes, door-to-door sales, and workplaces, which is an unsettling situation that the spread of infection may always rebound.
The government announces in the afternoon after confirming whether to end, re-extend, or partially ease the social distancing in the metropolitan area by synthesizing the trend and prospect of new confirmed cases and opinions of experts and local governments.
The Central Defense Response Headquarters (Bangdaebon) announced that as of 0 o'clock today, the number of new corona 19 confirmed cases increased by 121, accumulating 22,000,176 people.
The number of new confirmed cases peaked at 441 on the 27th of last month after the outbreak of the metropolitan area, and since then, 371 people → 323 people → 299 people → 248 people → 235 people → 267 people → 195 people → 198 → 168 people → 167 people. → 119 people decreased, but from the 8th it increased from 136 people → 156 people → 155 people → 176 people, but from yesterday it decreased slightly for two consecutive days (136 people, 121 people).
The decrease in the number of corona19 confirmed patients today seems to have had some effect on the decrease in weekend tests.
On weekdays, the number of inspections on the 10th and 11th was 19,620 and 16,246, respectively, but on Saturday, yesterday, it was only 7,813.
Looking at the infection route of 121 new confirmed cases today, 99 people occurred in the region, excluding 22 people from overseas.
It was only 30 days after the 14th (85) of last month that the number of confirmed cases in the region, excluding cases of overseas inflow, fell below 100.
By region, 60 new confirmed cases were confirmed in the metropolitan area, including 30 in Seoul, 27 in Gyeonggi and 3 in Incheon.
The number of confirmed local outbreaks in the metropolitan area was counted in double digits on the second day following yesterday (86 people).
Outside the metropolitan area, there were 14 in Daegu, 9 in Chungnam, 4 in Ulsan, 3 in Busan, 2 in Gwangju, Daejeon, Gyeongbuk, and Gyeongnam, and 1 in Gangwon.
Yesterday, new cases of outbreaks were confirmed across the country.
As for major infection cases, a total of 10 people were confirmed related to the K-health industry in Gangnam-gu, Seoul, and the cumulative number of confirmed cases increased to 8 at the Sanyangsam business briefing in Chilgok-gun, Gyeongbuk.
In addition, Gwanghwamun city center meetings (cumulative 565 people), Severance Hospital in Seodaemun-gu, Seoul (23 people), Seoul Pogyo Center in Yeongdeungpo-gu, Seoul (23 people), Coupang Logistics Center in Songpa-gu, Seoul (19 people), Day Care Center in Icheon-si, Gyeonggi-do (18 people) , Daejeon health food briefing session (54 people), Chungnam Geumsan-gun service nursing home (10 people), etc.
Today, there were 22 confirmed overseas inflows, of which 7 were confirmed during quarantine at the airport or port.
The remaining 15 were confirmed while self-isolation at residential or temporary living facilities in Gyeonggi (5), Ulsan (3), Chungnam, Jeonbuk (2 each), and Seoul, Gwangju and Gyeongnam (1 each).
When local outbreaks and overseas inflows (excluding quarantine) are combined, there are 66 people in the metropolitan area, including 32 in Gyeonggi, 31 in Seoul, and 3 in Incheon.
Nationally, there were confirmed cases in 13 trials.
After being confirmed with Corona 19, the number of patients whose condition was severe or worsened beyond the severe stage decreased by 7 to a total of 157.
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