Today, around 1,400 people are expected... Severe seriousness and rapid increase in death in the 40s and 50s

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Today (17th), the number of new COVID-19 cases is expected to be around 1,400. Considering the impact of the number of tests during the holiday period, the spread is still there. In the midst of this, the number of severe cases and deaths among those in their 40s and 50s who have not completed vaccination is even more worrisome.

Reporter Park Chan-beom on the sidewalk.

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is a private academy in Jeju City, Jeju-do.

Since the 13th, 40 people including students and instructors have been confirmed.

Ahead of the start of school, schools attended by confirmed patients havetily switched to distance learning.

[Jeju Provincial Office of Education official: Because it is an area where colleges and universities are concentrated, many places (confirmed students) are changed to remote... .]

Jeju Island, which had 64 confirmed cases yesterday, the highest number ever, will apply the 4th level of distancing from tomorrow.

To be announced today, the number of new corona cases in Korea is expected to record around 1,400.

Although the number of tests decreased significantly during the three-day holiday of Liberation Day, the number of confirmed cases is still high.

The infection reproduction index, which indicates how many people each confirmed person infects, also rose to 1.1 again in one week.

The number of weekly gastric and severe cases and deaths also recorded the highest since the fourth epidemic.

In particular, compared to last month, the number of patients in their 40s and 50s who did not complete the vaccination increased by 2.5 times and the number of deaths by nearly three times compared to last month.

[Kwon Jun-wook/Director of the National Institute of Health: In the end, nearly 90% of the stomach, severe, or death patients that are being discovered now are coming out of those who are not vaccinated… .]

Quarantine authorities expressed concern that the reservation rate for those in their 60s and older who were not vaccinated remained at 23.1%.

In addition, he said that although 70% of the population was vaccinated based on the domestic herd immunity standard, it is necessary to consider raising the standard further in consideration of the delta mutation.