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number of new corona 19 confirmed cases has dropped to 500 in one week. The spread of the metropolitan area was still the same, and the infectious product production index again exceeded 1 in three weeks.



This is Nam Joo-hyun.



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Of the 528 new confirmed cases, 506 are domestic cases excluding 22 foreign patients.



There were 187 cases in Korea, including 319 in the metropolitan area and 25 in Gangwon-do from the non-metropolitan area.



In Wonju, Gangwon-do, 9 additional people related to group infection in entertainment establishments were confirmed, resulting in a cumulative number of 17.



The Infectious Reproduction Index, which shows how many people per confirmed person transmits the virus, recently reached 0.99 nationwide and 1.03 in the metropolitan area.



If it exceeds 1, it means that the spreading trend will continue, but it has been 3 weeks since it exceeded 1 in the metropolitan area.



Here, the rate of individual contact infection through family members or acquaintances, not through outbreaks through specific groups or places, reached 46%, the highest since August of last year.



[Jeon Hae-cheol/Minister of Public Administration and Security: In the metropolitan area and Honam area, where the epidemic is particularly severe, mandatory inspections on beacons are activated in order to quickly discover and block infectious agents... .]



Yesterday, 12,000 people received the vaccine for the first time a day, and the first cumulative vaccine was 3.74 million people.



Health authorities are working hard to stably distribute vaccines by region for large-scale vaccinations of 9 million people by next month.



In addition, this week, by investigating the demand of local governments, it is decided to significantly increase the number of vaccination centers and privately entrusted medical institutions that can receive Pfizer vaccines.



This means that we will be prepared for large-scale vaccination in the third quarter by greatly increasing our vaccination capacity.