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reason why so many people are flocking to reservations for vaccination in advance is probably because the number of confirmed cases does not decrease even after a week after the 4th step of social distancing was applied in the metropolitan area, so there is a lot of anxiety. Today (20th), the number of new corona cases is expected to reach 1,200. While the spread of the metropolitan area continues, non-metropolitan areas are also getting worse. The proportion of patients in non-metropolitan areas has risen to 33%, the highest since the fourth epidemic.



This news is reporter Kim Yong-tae.



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ice rink of Kwangwoon University in Nowon-gu, Seoul is temporarily closed.



Last week, the Kwangwoon University ice hockey team played a practice match at Gangneung, Gangwon-do, with Yonsei University, where they were training.



Since then, 21 have been confirmed at Kwangwoon University and 10 at Yonsei University.



[Park Yu-mi/Seoul City Citizen Health Director: Due to insufficient mask wearing during the friendly match, it is reported that it was additionally spread to the participants of the opposing team and is being investigated.] As



group infections across the region continue to spread, one out of three patients is coming from non-metropolitan areas. There is.



The proportion of patients in non-metropolitan areas, which stayed in the 20% range at the beginning of the 4th epidemic, has risen to 33%.



The delta mutation, which is more than twice as contagious as the previous virus, also continued to surge.



In the past week, there were about 1,000 confirmed cases of the mutant virus, of which 720 were the delta mutation.



Comparing simple numbers alone, this is a nearly three-fold increase from 250 people a week ago.



In addition, the number of cases and the increase in both the number of cases and the increase in those in their 20s, who have a lot of outside activities, are the highest among all age groups, which is a concern.



In the midst of this, the Seoul Metropolitan Government said that it was considering the suspension of operation or the imposition of fines as more than 150 members of Sarang Jeil Church entered and worshiped face-to-face.