569 new confirmations, 500 on the second day... All-round'third fashion'

As the'third pandemic of Corona 19' began in earnest, the number of new confirmed patients on the 27th again reached 500.

Following the previous day (583), it recorded 500 units for two consecutive days.

It has been about 9 months since early March when the'first pandemic' was in full swing that more than 500 confirmed cases came out for two consecutive days.

Unlike the first and second epidemics that occurred as a central link in specific groups or facilities, this third epidemic quickly spreads in various everyday spaces such as family and acquaintance gatherings, workplaces, academies, saunas, and religious facilities. As the number of confirmed cases in the metropolitan area is pouring in, there are concerns that the spreading trend will not be easily broken for the time being.

On this day, there were also confirmed cases in 16 cities and provinces excluding Daegu, and 30 and 20 patients occurred in Gyeongnam, Chungnam, Busan, and Jeonbuk, respectively.

The government and experts on infectious diseases predict that if the current spread cannot be stopped, more than 1,000 confirmed cases per day may come out.

Central Defense Response Headquarters announced that as of 0 o'clock on the day, the number of new corona19 confirmed increased by 569, accumulating 32,000,887.

With the quarantine authorities officializing the third outbreak, the number of corona19 confirmed in Korea is rapidly increasing.

Looking at the infection route of 569 new confirmed cases, local outbreaks were 525 and foreign inflows were 44.

The number of confirmed cases of local outbreaks estimated to have been infected within the community reached 500 for two consecutive days following the previous day (553), leading to a rapid increase in new cases.

This greatly exceeds the peak of the'second epidemic' (August 27, 434 out of 441 people), and is already close to the level of the first pandemic.

By region, there are 337 people, including 204 in Seoul, 112 in Gyeonggi, and 21 in Incheon.

The number of confirmed cases in the metropolitan area decreased by 65 from the previous day (402), but recorded 300 cases, accounting for 64.2% of the total area occurrence.

In the case of the non-metropolitan area, Gyeongnam is the largest with 38 people, followed by Chungnam 31, Jeonbuk and Busan each 24, Chungbuk 19, Gwangju 13, Jeonnam 10, Gangwon 8, Ulsan 7, Daejeon 5, Sejong It is 3 people each in Gyeongbuk and Jeju.

The number of confirmed cases in the non-metropolitan area has increased dramatically over the last four days (103 → 108 → 151 → 188), reaching an average of 111.6 per week, exceeding 100 for the first time.

overseas inflows was 44, up 14 from the previous day (30).

With the trend of increasing in line with the global trend, from the 21st, the number of people per day for a week from 25 → 28 → 16 → 29 → 19 → 30 → 44.

The positive rate, calculated as compared to the number of tests the previous day, was 2.64% (569 out of 21,531), which was slightly lower than the previous day's 2.69% (583 out of 21,641).

As of 0 o'clock on this day, the cumulative positive rate is 1.09% (32,887 out of 399,577).

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