<Anchor> As the
number of patients expected to decrease slightly exceeded 1,700, the record for the most confirmed cases changed again in a week. The number of confirmed cases in the Cheonghae Unit will be reflected tomorrow (22nd), so there is a possibility that the number to come out tomorrow will increase. The delta mutation continues to spread, and as people move across the country for the holiday season, the number of cases is increasing in most of the 17 cities and provinces. Accordingly, the government is reviewing measures to further raise the level of quarantine in areas other than the metropolitan area.
Correspondent Ahn Sang-woo.
<Reporter> This
is a PC room in Seo-gu, Daejeon.
After one of the users was confirmed on the 13th, 27 people including the other users were infected.
At the same local call center, 22 people including workers were confirmed one after another.
As group infections continued at multi-use facilities, the weekly average daily number of infections in Daejeon reached the level of 4 upgrades.
[Daejeon City Official: Stage 3 is from tomorrow, but if you watch the situation until the weekend and still do not see any improvement, then we will review (upgrade to stage 4).] The
situation in other non-metropolitan areas is similar.
In the past week, the average daily number of confirmed cases in the metropolitan area increased by about 5% to 1,000, while non-metropolitan areas increased by more than 40%.
In particular, out of 17 cities and provinces across the country, 14 cities and provinces including Busan and Gyeongnam have noticeably increased the number of confirmed cases, and the corona-safe area disappeared.
The quarantine authorities diagnosed that the 'delta mutation', which has strong transmission power, and the increase in travel during the holiday season are spreading the 4th pandemic, which started in the metropolitan area, across the country.
[Kim Bu-gyeom / Prime Minister: The end of July and early August, when vacations are concentrated, are expected to be the biggest turning point of this fashion. For this time, please take a 'safe vacation' rather than a 'vacation together'.] The
government is reviewing measures to limit the number of gatherings after 6 pm in non-metropolitan areas as in the metropolitan area.
It will be announced on Sunday, the last day, whether or not to extend the 4th phase of distance in the metropolitan area.
(Video coverage: Jeong Seong-hwa, Kim Il-won TJB, video editing: Hwang Ji-young, VJ: Shin So-young)
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