<Anchor> The number of



additional confirmed cases exceeded 2,100, the second highest in history. In particular, Seoul has the highest number of confirmed cases since the spread of Corona. The number of patients to be announced tomorrow (26th) is also expected to be around 2,000, and the authorities predicted that this trend would continue until the Chuseok holiday.



By Kim Yong-tae, staff reporter.



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group infection occurred at a mart in Eunpyeong-gu, Seoul.



Since the first confirmed case of the worker's family, more than 20 people have been infected so far.



Some confirmed patients continued to work despite showing symptoms.



[Residents of Eunpyeong-gu, Seoul: People who came from August 15th to Sunday were asked to be tested, but there must have been a lot of people here on Sunday.] As the



delta mutation with strong contagious power became the dominant species, 677 people were confirmed, the highest number ever in Seoul alone.



[Park Yu-mi / Seoul City Citizen Health Bureau Director: After the Liberation Day holiday, there are quite a few confirmed cases. (Possible for the aftermath of the holidays) We will have to watch and analyze more.]



Nationwide, the number of cases surpassed 2,000 for the fourth time, and we have already recorded four-digit number of confirmed cases for 50 days in a row.



In the last week, the number of confirmed cases per 100,000 people was in the order of Jeju, the metropolitan area, and Chungcheong Province.



The government expects the current spread to continue through the end of next month, and then decline after that.



It is difficult to expect the trend to subside until the Chuseok holiday.



So, for Chuseok holiday train tickets, we decided to sell only the window seats first.



Whether to sell the rest of the seats, such as aisle seats, will be decided by observing the trend of the spread.



[Park Hyang/Central Accident Control Headquarters Head of Quarantine: I'm telling you that the reason for leaving the possibility of 'reserving reservations' or such things first is that it is strong in the aspect of presenting a direction to minimize the amount of movement.] How



many family members can gather during Chuseok holidays We have decided to announce the quarantine rules for family and friends gatherings, such as whether or not, later through the Chuseok Comprehensive Measures.



(Video coverage: Hong Jong-su, Kim Min-cheol, Video editing: Kim Jun-hee, CG: Kim Jong-un, VJ: Shin So-young)