<Anchor> The number of
new corona19 confirmed cases has risen to 600 again in three days. There is still a nationwide spread, but I am concerned that the number of confirmed cases will increase as the number of tourists gathers on Children's Day.
Reporter Jeon Hyeong-woo.
<Reporter> The number of
new corona19 confirmed cases increased by 135 from the previous day to 676.
Local outbreaks rose to 651 people and foreign inflows to 25 people, rising to 600 people in three days.
The metropolitan area, including 234 in Seoul and 162 in Gyeonggi Province, accounted for 63% of the total, and in the non-metropolitan area, the number of confirmed cases was in Gangwon, Gyeongbuk, and Gyeongnam in order.
Two employees at the Gangnam branch of Shinsegae Department Store in Seocho-gu, Seoul have been confirmed as being confirmed.
In Gangneung-si, Gangwon-do, a group infection centered on foreign workers, and from yesterday (4th), social distancing was upgraded to the second stage.
The number of new vaccinations for the COVID-19 vaccine is 62,500 people, and 353 million people have received the first dose so far.
After vaccination, the number of suspected adverse reactions reported increased by 625 to 18,000, while deaths increased by 3 and causality with the vaccine has not yet been confirmed.
[Kwon Deok-cheol/Minister of Health and Welfare: We adults all take a little more reference to the daily life of our children laughing and running freely through the long tunnel of Corona 19.]
On Children's Day, tourists are expected to be crowded at tourist sites, so the quarantine authorities urged them to refrain from long-distance travel and family gatherings as much as possible.