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Yesterday (1st), the number of new corona19 confirmed patients came down to double digits in six days.
However, the quarantine authorities are seeing the impact of the decrease in the number of tests on weekends.
The quarantine authorities have been closely monitoring the infection situation since'Halloween Day'.
This is reporter Song In-ho.
<Reporter> The number of
new corona19 confirmed cases increased by 97 a day yesterday, and the cumulative number of confirmed cases reached 26,732.
Among the new confirmed cases, 79 cases were infected in Korea, and 62 were found in the metropolitan area alone.
Until noon yesterday, the number of confirmed cases related to high school in Jongno-gu, Seoul increased to 16.
Seven people, including students and their families, were infected at Bundang Middle School in Gyeonggi Province, and the virus spread to the gym in Gangnam-gu, resulting in 34 confirmed cases.
In addition, on the 28th of last month, at least 15 people were confirmed in relation to the hospital in Songpa-gu, Seoul, where the first confirmed person was confirmed, and 10 people, including residents and workers, were positive at the elderly care facility in Dongdaemun-gu, Seoul.
In Cheonan, Chungcheongnam-do alone, there were 17 new cases in non-capital regions, with 10 confirmed yesterday.
Although the number of new confirmed cases has fallen to double digits again in six days, health officials are preparing for a new outbreak after'Halloween Day'.
[Kang Do-tae/Central Disaster and Safety Countermeasure Headquarters 1st General Coordinator: Fortunately, the number of confirmed cases is double digits, but the number of inspections decreased because of the weekend.
It is a worrisome situation as the infection persists near everyday life.] The
health authorities said that the prolonged corona 19 could intensify the
concentration
of health check-ups at the end of the year, and that they would actively consider extending the check-up period until next June. .