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Yesterday (15th), there were 1,943 new confirmed cases of Corona 19, recording four digits for the 72nd day. In particular, with 8 out of 10 domestic patients concentrated in the metropolitan area, the government is concerned that the epidemic may re-spread due to increased travel during the Chuseok holiday, which starts on the weekend.
Correspondent Kim Deok-hyeon reports.
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Corona 19 new confirmed yesterday he was adding 1,943 people a day.
Excluding 22 cases imported from abroad, 1,921 cases were domestically infected.
It came down to the 1,000 level again in one day, but it is difficult to say that the spread has been stopped.
In particular, 8 out of 10 cases in Korea are concentrated in the metropolitan area, and the average daily number of confirmed cases per 100,000 people in the metropolitan area in the past week has reached 5.1.
This is a figure that far exceeds the standard of 4 steps for distancing.
The trend is not easily caught due to the characteristics of the metropolitan area, where there are many people and there is a lot of floating population.
In July, when the 4th pandemic started, the number of infected patients increased significantly as the number of people moving from the metropolitan area to non-metropolitan areas increased during the summer vacation period.
The government has urged people to undergo a diagnostic test before visiting their hometown and to move with as few people as possible.
In the midst of this, vaccination is accelerating.
About 370,000 people were vaccinated for the first time a day yesterday, and the cumulative number of first doses is 34.9 million, and the vaccination rate is 68.1%.
The government's goal of completing the first dose of 70% of the population before Chuseok is likely to be achieved by the day after the holiday begins.
About 430,000 people with the second dose were also added, making the vaccination completion rate 41.2%.