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new corona19 confirmed cases was 537, an increase of 86 from the previous day, but the spread of infection has slowed.
The quarantine authorities have said to be alert, saying it will depend on this week whether to go to a certain level of stability or to re-proliferate.
Reporter Nam Joo-hyun delivers.
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Of the 537 new confirmed cases, 508 were domestic cases excluding 29 confirmed cases from overseas.
By region, 346 were confirmed in the metropolitan area, and 162 were confirmed in the non-metropolitan area.
Health officials said it was possible to confirm with an objective indicator that the spread has slowed since last weekend.
The Infectious Reproduction Index, which indicates the number of people who can be infected by one additional confirmed case, has fallen to 0.88, and the number of new outbreaks in the last week has fallen to less than a quarter compared to the previous week.
The decrease in inspection volume in the aftermath of the record cold and weekend also affected.
However, the government urged them to be alert, saying that the anxiety elements remain.
[Sae-Kyun Jeong/Prime Minister: Will it go to a certain level of stability, or will it be decided this week whether it will become a swamp of re-proliferation due to distracted awareness.] The
percentage of unknown infection route is 26%, and hidden sources of infection are spreading in the community. Also, it is an anxiety factor that there are cases of failure to observe quarantine regulations or cooperate with epidemiological investigations, mainly in religious facilities.
In a day, 34 people were confirmed at the International Prayer Center in Jinju, Gyeongsangnam-do, which held a face-to-face meeting despite the forced dissolution, and 70% of the BTJ World Center-related visitors who spread the virus to 21 religious facilities in 8 provinces and cities were still untested.