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Today (27th), the number of new COVID-19 cases is expected to be around 1,800. Recently, the number of deaths is increasing along with patients with severe gastritis, and the number of deaths per day has increased to 20, the highest in 7 months.



Reporter Ahn Sang-woo reports.



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is a restaurant in Jeonju, Jeollabuk-do.



One worker was confirmed for the first time on the 22nd, and nine more were infected, including spouses, daughters, other workers and guests.



Since then, the virus has spread to the kindergarten where the daughter of the first confirmed patient attended, and the number of related confirmed cases has increased to 36, including classmates, their families, and co-workers of their families.



Jeonju and parts of nearby Wanju-gun will be upgraded to Level 4 from today due to concerns about further spread.



[Kang Young-seok / Jeollabuk-do quarantine officer: Most of the outbreaks in the local community were caused by external inflows. This time, it seemed to have spread from within, and it is a decision made together in terms of preemptive response.] The



weekly average daily number of confirmed cases has been stagnant at 1,700 for the third week after exceeding 1,700 on the 12th.



However, as the number of severe cases of gastroenteritis increases, the death toll is also increasing sharply.



During the same period, the weekly average daily death rate more than doubled from 4.1 to 9.4.



In particular, 20 people died in one day, the highest number in seven months since mid-January, when the third wave was in full swing.



However, none of the dead were vaccinated.



[Jung Eun-kyung / Director of the Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: The fatality rate is 0.42% for those who have not been vaccinated. However, only 0.01% of those who received the vaccine died, so the fatality rate is very low (this is the status quo)]



Regarding the Chuseok quarantine measures, the quarantine authorities will announce the epidemic situation and vaccination rate before the coming 31st.