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More than 1,000 people died from infection with Corona 19.
The number of deaths has soared since last month, indicating that about half of all deaths have died within the last month.
This is Park Soo-jin.
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number of new corona19 confirmed cases fell below 1,000 again to 715.
The number of confirmed cases fluctuates and shows a gentle downward curve, but the problem is the size of deaths.
Since the third epidemic spread last month, it has increased noticeably.
On December 15 last year, it hit double digits, and it soared to 40, the most in two weeks, and the double digits have continued to increase ever since.
Of the deaths, 55% were in their 80s or older, and 28% were in their 70s.
The reason why the elderly died a lot is because the infection was concentrated in nursing hospitals or nursing facilities.
[Sae-gyun Jeong/Prime Minister: (In nursing hospitals), it is very important to take preemptive quarantine management as confirmed patients are severely deteriorated and eventually lead to death.] Since
last December, due to a shortage of beds, they have not been hospitalized or treated in time. There are also many cases of death.
[Lee Sang-won/Director of Epidemiological Investigation Analysis, Central Defense Countermeasure Headquarters: The first measure would be to thoroughly prevent the occurrence of Corona 19, and (infected people) receive appropriate severe treatment so that the fatality rate can be lowered.)]
The quarantine authorities have confirmed that two more confirmed cases of the domestic mutant virus have increased to 12, but the possibility of spreading to the region is low.