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number of additional COVID-19 cases increased to 826, an increase from the previous day. It is the highest number in six months since January of this year. Today (2nd), about 80% of the confirmed cases came from the metropolitan area, and the number of patients in their 20s and 40s is increasing rapidly by age. If this continues, there is also a forecast that the application of the new distance may be delayed further in the metropolitan area.



First of all, this is reporter Jang Se-man.



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This is a pub near Hongdae, Seoul, where the mass infection of English academies in the metropolitan area started.



53 people have been confirmed at this pub so far, and a confirmed person who appears to have been infected here on the 19th visited a sentimental pub in Busan 8 days later.



Since then, 15 related cases have been reported here as well.



[Bakyoungjun / Central Defense Headquarters epidemiological investigation team leader: dwaetgo spread to taverns in Busan, there users are reported to be in the country rather than in only Busan who is currently tracking]



case the metropolitan outbreak that spread to non-metropolitan is.



During the holiday season with large-scale movement, there is bound to be a high risk of spread across the country.



The proportion of the total confirmed cases in the metropolitan area has exceeded 80% for the third day.



Delta-mutant infections, which are highly contagious, have also recently occurred in 90% of cases in the metropolitan area.



[Kwon Jun-wook/Central Quarantine Countermeasures Headquarters 2nd Vice General Manager: 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 be even worse in the metropolitan area… .]



Infection among young adults is also a problem.



While the proportion of those aged 60 and older who were infected from 20% of the total at the beginning of last month fell to 7.5%, the number of infections in their 20s and 40s is rapidly increasing.



As the number of inbound travelers from Indonesia, where the delta mutation is spreading, increases, the number of confirmed cases imported from abroad recorded 61 a day yesterday.



It was the highest in 342 days since July last year.



Some argue that the management of inbound travelers should be strengthened, such as suspending the exemption from self-quarantine upon entry of those who have completed vaccination.



(Video coverage: Kim Min-cheol, Video editing: Park Ji-in) 



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