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Yesterday (3rd), the number of confirmed cases decreased slightly from the mid-to-late last week due to the decrease in the number of tests over the weekend, but today it is expected to increase again. Today, it seems that there will be around 1,700 people. The number of infected with the delta mutation, which is highly contagious, is increasing, and it is currently estimated that 6 out of 10 confirmed patients are infected with the delta mutation.
Correspondent Jang Se-man.
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A Taekwondo studio in Seo-gu, Daejeon, where the first confirmed case occurred on the 17th of last month.
As a result of a series of infections, 254 people were confirmed.
Seven of them have been diagnosed with delta mutations so far.
In Daejeon, the spread of the delta mutation is so strong that nearly nine out of 10 confirmed patients in the past month were infected with the delta mutation.
[Heo Tae-kyung / Mayor of Daejeon: The rate of corona infection in their 20s and 30s is increasing explosively. Local buses and subways will be reduced by 50% from 10pm on the 5th.]
Nationwide, the detection rate of delta mutations in the past week was 61.5%, jumping 13.5%p in a week, and 9 out of 10 confirmed patients from overseas People have been shown to have a delta mutation.
The delta mutation, which is leading the fourth wave, has 1.6 times stronger transmission power than the 'alpha mutation', and the risk of hospitalization is twice as high.
Relatively less vaccinated age groups were more susceptible to delta mutations.
In the second week of July, when the fourth wave was in full swing, the rate of severe worsening or death increased 2.4 times compared to a month ago for those in their 40s and 50s.
The delta variation is also the key variable that determines whether or not to extend the 4th step of distance in the metropolitan area, which ends on Sunday.
When the government asked for opinions on the fourth phase extension, 84% said in favor and 12.8% opposed it.