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second day of the second stage of social distancing in the metropolitan area, new corona19 confirmed yesterday (24th) added 382 a day, representing 300 for two consecutive days.
The local outbreak also exceeds 300 people for a week and falls within the 2nd stage of the national distance.
Reporter Han Ji-yeon delivers.
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were 382 new corona19 confirmed yesterday, 33 more than yesterday, and 300 people for two consecutive days.
In particular, the day when more than 300 people were recorded since the start of the 3rd epidemic has become the same as the 2nd epidemic of last August and September, with a total of 7 times.
Domestic outbreaks were also counted as 363, excluding 19 overseas outbreaks.
The total number of new confirmed cases, as well as the number of confirmed cases in the region, averaged 316.3 per day for a week, exceeding 300, a number that corresponds to the second stage of the country.
By region, 255 people were confirmed in the metropolitan area, including 139 people in Seoul, 77 people in Gyeonggi, and 39 people in Incheon. In the non-metropolitan areas, 13 people excluding Sejong, including 18 people in Busan and Chungnam, 14 people in Gwangju, 12 people in Gangwon, and 10 people in Gyeongnam. There were 108 confirmed cases in the city.
At the same time, infections derived from existing outbreaks are spreading, and group infections through daily infections such as schools, academies, military units, saunas, etc. are spreading one after another.
[Son Young-Rae/Son Young-rae Head of Strategic Planning Division, Central Accident Control Headquarters: Unlike the last crisis, there is no central group to take preemptive measures, and it is spreading as a daily epidemic, so we ask for your understanding that it is important to block infection through distance. .] In the
case of major infections, the cumulative number of confirmed cases increased to 88 with 7 additional infections related to the Noryangjin Appointment Academy in Dongjak-gu, Seoul.
The academy-related confirmed cases are spread in 11 provinces, including 41 in Seoul, 21 in Gyeonggi, 12 in Incheon, 6 in Jeonbuk and 2 in Gwangju.
Regarding Busan and Ulsan, there has been a new outbreak of group infection related to the Janggu class meetings and competitions.
Authorities believe that an additional spread occurred when a confirmed patient in Busan attended the Janggu conference held in Ulsan on the 20th.
In addition, the number of cumulative confirmed cases related to the existing Seocho-gu sauna increased to 62, and the number of accumulated confirmed cases related to another Seocho-gu sauna with a new group infection increased to 23, a total of 39 people at online sleeper meetings in the metropolitan area, and 99 people related to high schools in Dongdaemun-gu, Seoul and churches in Mapo-gu. The number of confirmed patients increased until.
As such, the nationwide spreading trend is strong, and the quarantine authorities are in a position that they will review the situation in the metropolitan area for the second stage of national distancing.