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new corona 19 confirmed cases came out yesterday (26th), and 512 people came out, and the second day was counted to 500 It is still too early to be relieved that the number of tests decreased on the weekend following the previous day. In particular, the number of individual contact infection cases between individuals reached 44.7%, the highest this year.



The first news, reporter Kim Deok-hyun.



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Among the new confirmed cases, 477 were domestic outbreaks, excluding 35 foreign patients.



By region, 321 people were confirmed in the metropolitan area, including 116 in Seoul and 191 in Gyeonggi, and 156 in the non-metropolitan area, including 30 in Busan.



Last week, the number of confirmed cases, which once increased by close to 800, fell to 500 on the second day, but the effect of the decrease in the number of tests on the weekend is likely to be a temporary phenomenon, so it is too early to be relieved.



The average number of confirmed cases in Korea per day for a week is 639, which is still at a distance of 2.5 steps, and the rate of confirmed cases in individual contact exceeds 40%, and the spread of infection in the community is accelerating.



[Electrolytic iron / Ministry of Public Administration and Security Minister: outbreaks rate had decreased by about 15% points than a month, infections due to confirmed party individual contacts, such as family and friends are included it represents the highest rate this year to 44.7% -



confirmed infection Another factor that tenses the quarantine authorities is the increasing number of unsuccessful'quiet transmissions'.



The government started to block the spread of the spread by operating a special quarantine management week, and it plans to review a plan to accelerate the vaccination schedule for each target as much as possible.



In India, the number of confirmed cases per day exceeds 350,000. The pandemic situation is getting serious. The government plans to expand support by granting flights that allow Indian citizens to enter the country on the 5th of next month.