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new corona19 confirmed cases was 674 yesterday (7 days), maintaining a three-digit number for four consecutive days.
Health officials believe the current situation has passed the peak of the epidemic and has entered a phase of decline.
This is Nam Joo-hyun.
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Out of the 674 confirmed cases, 633 were domestic patients, excluding 41 foreign patients.
By region, 452 people were confirmed in the metropolitan area, and 181 people came out from the non-metropolitan area.
Another 35 people died from Corona 19, and the cumulative death toll was 1,81.
The government predicted that the corona19 epidemic has passed its peak and has entered a declining phase, but considering the scale of the epidemic so far, it predicted that the decline would appear modest.
However, as some of the confirmed cases progress to severe or severe, and there is a time gap in the process of getting worse, the increase in deaths is expected to continue for the time being.
[Yoon Tae-ho/Head of the Central Accident Control Headquarters: Depending on the scale of the number of confirmed cases, I think it will lead to more deaths for the time being.
We will do our best to reduce the number of deaths as much as possible.]
According to an analysis of mobile phone traffic data, the health authorities said on the 5th that the traffic volume decreased by 2.4% compared to a week ago.
This is a 19.4% decrease from November 17, last year, just before the increase in distance.
The government's goal is to drop the state average of 400 to 500 confirmed cases, which is the standard for the second stage of distance, through the 2.5th phase of the metropolitan area scheduled for the 17th and banning groups of 5 or more people.
In the midst of this, the'Corona 19 Vaccination Promotion Team', headed by Chung Eun-kyung, head of the Disease Administration, was launched today to prepare for vaccination starting next month.