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were 794 new confirmed cases of Corona 19 yesterday (2nd). The number of confirmed cases exceeded 800 the day before, and it is staying around 800 for two days in a row. In particular, as the delta mutant virus spreads from the metropolitan area to the non-metropolitan area, the spread could be even greater.
Correspondent Ahn Sang-woo.
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Among the new confirmed cases of COVID-19, 748 cases were domestically infected, excluding 46 cases imported from abroad.
By region, 614 cases were concentrated in the metropolitan area alone, including 353 in Seoul, 247 in Gyeonggi, and 14 in Incheon.
82% of domestic infected patients are concentrated in the metropolitan area, and the infection reproduction index, which indicates the number of people that one confirmed person can spread, soared to 1.24 in the metropolitan area.
The problem is that cluster infections in the metropolitan area are gradually spreading to non-metropolitan areas.
In fact, in the case of a group infection at an English academy in the metropolitan area, where the delta mutant virus was confirmed among some of the infected, the related confirmed cases increased to 245. .
[Kwon Jun-wook/Director of the National Institute of Health (Yesterday): It is only a matter of time for the delta mutation to spread in the metropolitan area, and accordingly, if the effect of the delta mutation is added, the situation will become even worse in the metropolitan area… .]
Meanwhile, the Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (KCDC) said that 15.34 million people had completed the first vaccination as of yesterday, of which 5.27 million have completed the vaccination.
In addition, one of the patients receiving treatment for being infected with Corona 19 died yesterday, and 2,25 people have lost their lives so far.