The rapid spread of Corona 19 in Korea has eased, but as the aftermath of infection continues in various places, the number of new confirmed cases today (14th) was in the early 100s.
The number of new confirmed cases has remained around 100 on the 12th day after the 3rd of this month, but the scale is slightly smaller than yesterday (121).
However, the aftermath of group infection in facilities vulnerable to infectious diseases, such as nursing homes for the elderly and medical institutions, continues, and sporadic infections are continuing in door-to-door sales, workplaces, and small-sized workers.
The Central Defense Response Headquarters announced that as of today's 0 o'clock, the number of new corona19 confirmed cases in Korea increased by 109 to a cumulative 22,000.
The number of new confirmed cases has soared to the mid-400 level at one time since the middle of last month, when the group infection in the metropolitan area began in earnest, but gradually decreased to 300, 200, and 100, and remained at 100 for 12 consecutive days.
From the 3rd, when the first 100 people were recorded, the daily number was 195 → 198 → 168 → 167 → 119 → 136 → 156 → 155 → 176 → 136 → 121 → 109, etc. The recent four days have seen a relatively marked decline.
109 is also the lowest figure in 31 days since August 14 (103).
However, the decrease in the number of confirmed cases today seems to have had some effect on the decrease in the number of holiday tests.
Yesterday, the number of tests per day was 7,732, similar to the previous day (7,813), but less than half of the number of tests per day (16,246) on the 11th weekday.
Looking at the infection route of 109 new confirmed cases today, 98 cases occurred in the region, excluding 11 cases from overseas.
The number of confirmed cases in the region fell below 100 for two consecutive days following yesterday (99).
By region, 41 people in Seoul, 30 in Gyeonggi, and 10 in Incheon were newly confirmed in a total of 81 people in the metropolitan area.
There were 86 and 60 confirmed cases of regional outbreaks in the metropolitan area, respectively, on the 12th to 13th (as of the announcement date), followed by two digits for three consecutive days.
Outside the metropolitan area, there are 7 people in Chungnam, 3 people each in Busan and Gwangju, and 1 person each in Daegu, Daejeon, Ulsan, and Gyeongnam.
As for major infection cases, the number of confirmed cases related to Severance Hospital in Seodaemun-gu, Seoul increased to 29 by day of yesterday.
In addition, there were confirmed cases of infection related to a mountain cafe meeting in the metropolitan area (accumulated 38 people), Daejeon health food briefing session (55 people), and a service nursing home in Geumsan-gun, Chungcheongnam-do (11 people accumulated).
Today, 5 out of 11 confirmed overseas inflows were confirmed during quarantine at the airport or port, and the remaining 6 were confirmed while self-isolation at residential or temporary living facilities in Daegu (3), Chungnam, Jeonbuk, and Gyeongbuk (1 each). Done.
When local outbreaks and overseas inflows (excluding quarantine) were combined, the metropolitan area accounted for the majority of new confirmed cases with 81, and new confirmed cases came from 12 provinces nationwide.
After being confirmed with Corona 19, the number of patients whose condition worsened beyond the severe or severe stage remained the same as yesterday's 157.
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