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number of weekend tests decreased, the number of confirmed cases per day yesterday (30th) fell to 1,300, but the number of confirmed cases today increased again, and as of 6 pm, it already exceeded 1,500. The quarantine authorities decided to come up with a quarantine strategy including the Chuseok holiday on the following Friday after examining the situation a little more.



Reporter Ahn Sang-woo reports.



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is an indoor sports facility in Seodaemun-gu, Seoul.



After the first confirmed case on the 28th, at least 15 more people were infected in three days.



[Songeuncheol / Seoul Disaster Safety Countermeasures Headquarters Defense Tube: sufficient natural ventilation difficult, instructors and students are investigating reported as the positioning and the distance the movement caused a lot of splash difficult propagation]



The newly confirmed two weeks 10001 It came down to 1,000 people.



Although the spread of the non-metropolitan area has slowed somewhat, the spread of the metropolitan area is still there.



In the past week, the number of confirmed cases in the metropolitan area stood at 4.3 per 100,000 people, exceeding the standard for level 4 upgrade.



The detection rate of the delta mutation has risen to 94% again, and it can spread again at any time due to the opening of the school and the large population movement during Chuseok.



[Park Hyang/Central Accident Control Headquarters Head of Quarantine: The non-metropolitan area is showing a level of stagnation for a while, but it seems that the answer to the question of whether the 4th pandemic has already peaked and is going down is likely to have to be withheld now.]



The quarantine authorities have strengthened quarantine measures, such as recommending preemptive inspections to workers in the case of PC rooms and karaoke rooms frequented by students after school starts in Phase 4 areas.



The distance that will be applied from next week will be announced this Friday, and it is expected that the quarantine strategy will be 4 weeks instead of 2 weeks due to the Chuseok holiday.



A government official said that it is not easy to adjust the level of distancing at the moment, and there are differences of opinion over easing some quarantine rules, such as excluding those vaccinated from the number of allowed family gatherings during the Chuseok holiday.



(Video coverage: Kim Min-cheol, Oh Young-chun, video editing: Choi Eun-jin)