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were 1,930 new confirmed cases of Corona 19 in Korea yesterday (13th), continuing the 1,900 level for three days in a row. Health authorities have urged people to refrain from traveling as much as possible, saying that if Corona 19 spreads further during the Liberation Day holiday, which will continue for three days from today, it could spread to a large-scale epidemic.
Reporter Nam Joo-hyun.
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Among the new confirmed cases, 1,860 are domestic cases, excluding 70 imported cases.
By region, there were 1,146 confirmed cases in the metropolitan area alone, including 510 in Seoul, and 714 in non-metropolitan areas, including 150 in Busan.
In the non-metropolitan area, the spread of infection has not stopped.
The number of confirmed cases in non-metropolitan areas, from 105 on the 1st of last month, has tripled in 40 days.
In the metropolitan area, the number of confirmed cases in one day has greatly exceeded 1,000 for four days in a row.
While the number of patients in critical condition increased by 17 to 386 from the previous day, it was also an emergency to secure a bed.
The government has issued an administrative order to hospitals in the metropolitan area and decided to secure an additional 760 beds within the next two weeks.
He also appealed to refrain from traveling during the Liberation Day holiday, warning that he would be strictly responsible for the large-scale illegal gatherings that some groups had foretold.
[Jung Eun-kyung/Director of the Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: If the delta virus is spread and amplified during the Liberation Day holiday by meeting, moving, or gathering, there is a very high risk that it will become a large-scale epidemic.]
About 240,000 people received the first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine yesterday, and the cumulative number of first doses was 21.98 million, with an inoculation rate of 43.3%.