As the spread of Corona 19 in Korea continues, the number of new confirmed cases today (18th) was in the early 500 range.
The Central Defense Response Headquarters announced that as of today's 0 o'clock, the number of new corona19 confirmed cases increased by 528, accumulating 132,818.
It decreased by 91 people from yesterday (619), down to 500 in a week since the 11th (511).
Although the number of confirmed cases has decreased, this is most likely a temporary phenomenon.
Usually, as the number of tests on weekends and holidays decreases, the number of confirmed cases decreases, and the effect extends to the beginning of the week.
In fact, from the 20th of last month to the 11th of last month, as of 0 o'clock on Tuesday for the last four weeks, the number of new confirmed cases was 549 → 512 → 541 → 511, showing a total of 500.
As for the infection route of new confirmed cases, local outbreaks were 506 people and foreign inflows were 22 people.
Looking at the recent outbreak of Corona 19, infections have spread across the country as large and small infections have erupted in everyday spaces such as small groups of families and acquaintances, workplaces, and multi-use facilities.
From the 12th to today, the number of new confirmed cases for the past week was 635 → 715 → 747 → 681 → 610 → 619 → 528 daily.
During this period, 500 units are numbered 1, 600 units are numbered 4, and 700 units are numbered 2.
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