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We will continue to organize additional confirmed cases.

Yesterday (the 21st), with 869 more patients, the number of patients remained at three digits on the second day.

Compared to the previous day, the proportion of people who were confirmed as compared to the number of tests decreased by half.

However, the number of patients with serious conditions continued to increase, and 24 people died from corona.

The government has decided whether or not to raise the distance to the third stage this weekend, before the end of Stage 2.5 of the Seoul metropolitan area.



This is Jang Se-man.



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Although the number of confirmed cases has decreased for the second day, we cannot be relieved.



According to domestic mathematics studies, the number of confirmed cases per day is expected to increase to 1,120 this week (20 days) and 1,240 next week (27 days), assuming the current social distancing is maintained.



Another problem is that the number of fatalities and seriously ill patients is very low.



In the last week, 122 people, or 17% of all deaths, have died.



The number of patients with severe gastric disorders also increased by nearly 40% in a week to more than 280.



This is due to a series of outbreaks in infection-prone facilities such as nursing homes where high-risk groups in their 60s or older are gathered.



The government drew a line that the death toll is likely to increase, but not due to a lack of medical care.



[Kwon Joon-wook/President of the National Institute of Health: (Among new seriously ill patients) In a situation where almost 90% of people in their 60s or older actually account for almost 90%, the possibility of death is very high...

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The number of patients who were not assigned a bed in the metropolitan area decreased by more than half from 595 on the 17th to 248 as of 0:00 yesterday.



The government also decided to set up a nursing hospital dedicated to infectious diseases to accommodate confirmed patients in nursing homes.



[Yoon Tae-ho/Head of the Central Accident Control Headquarters: The nursing hospital is designated as a nursing hospital dedicated to infectious diseases so that it can be managed, and if symptoms worsen, the power is turned off.

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Around this weekend, before the end of phase 2.5 of the distance to the metropolitan area, the government decided to make a decision on whether to upgrade to the third phase.



The government also announced that all four vaccines are currently undergoing phase 1 clinical trials, respectively, with the aim of completing phase 3 next year.



Meanwhile, Kwon Deok-cheol, Minister of Health and Welfare Minister Candidate, explained at a personnel hearing that the introduction of overseas vaccines was delayed, saying, "It is enough to build an immune system before the flu pandemic in November next year."



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