As the spread of Corona 19 in Korea continues, the number of new confirmed cases today (23rd) reached 1,000.
It has increased significantly from yesterday, and has risen to 1,000 people again in three days since the 20th (1,97 people).
In the previous two days, the number of inspections on weekends and holidays fell below 1,000.
The'weekly pattern', which slows down a bit on the weekends and early weeks, and then rises again from the middle of the week, appeared as it was.
This is due to the spread of large and small group infections all over the country through nursing hospitals, nursing facilities, churches, workplaces, and meetings between family and acquaintances. It is expected to be.
The government banned meetings of five or more people in the metropolitan area from today to the 3rd of next month ahead of whether or not to adjust the'social distancing' phase this weekend, and from the 24th a day later, the measure will be expanded to restaurants nationwide.
Winter sports facilities such as ski resorts will be suspended, and sunrise spots such as Gangneung Jeongdongjin will be closed.
The Central Defense Response Headquarters announced that as of today's 0 o'clock, the number of new corona 19 confirmed cases increased by 1,92, and the cumulative number was 52,550.
It was 225 more than yesterday (867).
Bang Dae-bon initially announced the number of confirmed cases as 869 the day before, but excluded two due to the Gyeonggi-do error.
The number of new confirmed cases has recently risen and decreased by around 1,000 every day as the spread of the domestic'third pandemic' intensified from the middle of last month.
From the 17th to today, for the last week, the number of new confirmed patients daily was 1,14 → 1,64 → 1,51 → 1,97 → 926 → 867 (we announced as 869 and corrected) → It was counted as 1,92 people.
More than 100 new cases have been confirmed for 46 days from the 8th of last month to today.
Looking at the infection route of the new confirmed patients today, there were 1,60 local outbreaks and 32 overseas inflows.
The number of confirmed local outbreaks increased by 238 from yesterday (822).
In the area where confirmed cases were found, 718 people were in the metropolitan area, including 373 in Seoul, 299 in Gyeonggi, and 46 in Incheon.
In the non-capital region, Chungbuk 58, Gwangju 35, Daejeon 34, Jeju 33, Busan 32, Gyeongnam 28, Gyeongbuk 25, Daegu 24, Jeonbuk 20, Ulsan 16, Gangwon 13, Jeonnam 12 , Chungnam 11, Sejong 1
The total number of confirmed cases in the non-metropolitan area was 342, the highest after the'first pandemic' centered on Daegu and Gyeongbuk.
After the'third pandemic', the highest record just before was 337 on the 19th.
In major cases, a total of 107 people were infected with nursing homes and nursing homes in Guro-gu, Seoul, and 86 were confirmed in Goesan, Eumseong, and Jincheon-gun hospitals in Chungbuk.
A new group infection occurred in a nursing home in Buk-gu, Gwangju, and 17 people were tested positive.
In addition, as the infection of Jeju religious facilities spread through meetings and saunas, a total of 112 confirmed cases were reported, and 31 people were infected with religious facilities in Dong-gu, Daegu.
In addition, confirmed cases continue to appear in small groups such as acquaintance meetings in Cheongsong-gun, Gyeongsangbuk-do (13 people) and family meetings in Gangneung-si, Gangwon-do (10 people).
The number of confirmed overseas inflows was 32, down 13 from yesterday (45).
When local outbreaks and foreign inflows are combined, Seoul has 376 people, Gyeonggi 310, and Incheon 49 people.
Nationally, there were confirmed cases in 17 cities and provinces following yesterday.
There are 284 gastric and severe patients whose condition worsened, an increase of 3 from yesterday.
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