The proportion of patients who do not know the route of infection also recorded the highest level, while the number of corona19 confirmed patients in Korea seldom fell below 100.
According to the Central Defense Response Headquarters (Bang Daebon), out of the 1,941 new confirmed cases reported to the quarantine authorities for the last two weeks from the 5th of this month to today (18th), 521 were investigating the route of infection. It reached 26.8%.
It means that one out of four recent cases has not yet been identified as to when, where, and how they were infected, which is the highest since the quarantine authorities released related statistics since April.
The proportion of patients whose infection route has not been identified has started to increase gradually since the middle of last month and has remained in the 20% range recently.
From the 15th, it has been breaking the record for every day, with 25.0% → 25.4% → 26.4% → 26.8% daily.
To prevent the spread of Corona 19, it is important to find and isolate the source of infection and contacts as soon as possible.
However, sporadic infections continue in many places and about 100 confirmed cases occur every day, making it difficult to determine the route of infection.
In a briefing yesterday, Jung Eun-kyung, head of Bang Dae-bon, said in a briefing yesterday, "The fact that the number of cases where the infection route is not confirmed remains in the 20% range means that there is an additional risk of transmission (due to these) due to the remaining asymptomatic and mild infection sources that have not been identified in the community. I was concerned.
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