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Today (31st), the number of new patients is expected to be around 1,400.
Looking at the current situation, the number of confirmed cases is no longer increasing, but quarantine authorities are judging that it could surge again at any time.
Correspondent Jang Se-man.
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a nursing hospital in Dong-gu, Daegu, a caregiver recently showed symptoms of fever, and as a result of testing the hospital officials, including patients and medical staff, a total of 19 people were confirmed.
Of these, 11 were infected even after completing the vaccination, and many of them are elderly people in their 80s and 90s.
In the past week, the number of new cases in Korea decreased by 2.7% from the previous week, but still exceeds the average of 1,700 per day.
The rapid epidemic seems to be suppressed due to high-intensity distancing and expanded vaccinations for the 8th week, but the risk of spread remains.
[Jeong Eun-kyung/Director of the Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: I believe that there is always a risk of a sudden increase if quarantine measures are relaxed even a little.]
The high number of infections in their 20s and 30s who have not yet been vaccinated is also worrisome.
The proportion of patients whose infection route is unknown was 33.6%, the highest since April last year.
The delta mutation, which has strong radio wave power, has penetrated into our daily life, and the quiet radio wave continues.
Since July, the health authorities decided to actively vaccinate them, saying that a large number of confirmed cases have occurred mainly in patients, guardians, and caregivers who have not been vaccinated at large hospitals.