<Anchor> The number of



new COVID-19 cases has fallen below 2,000 in six days due to holidays. However, the average number of confirmed cases last week, when the gradual recovery of daily life began, increased to 2,000 in five weeks. The quarantine pass will be applied in earnest from this week.



This is the first news, reporter Kim Yong-tae's report.



<Reporter> As of



00:00 today (8th), there are 1,760 new confirmed cases of COVID-19.



Although the number fell below 2,000 in six days, it was the second highest on a Sunday basis.



Among domestic cases, the metropolitan area accounted for 77% and non-metropolitan areas 23%.



Last week, when the gradual recovery of daily life began, the average daily number of confirmed cases rose to 2,100 in five weeks.



[Seung Woo / Ministry of Public Administration and Security Disaster Safety Division. Has been the outbreak majority occur in schools, religious institutions, markets, hospitals, and recently increased for three consecutive weeks a high of 1.2 in July mid infected reproductive index]



quarantine authorities expects that the impact of Helloween Day on the 31st of last month and the transition to daily life recovery that started on the 1st of this month will begin in earnest from this week.



The number of patients with severe severe cases rose by 4 a day yesterday to 409, continuing the level of 400 for three days in a row.



Last week, the average number of critically ill patients was 365, an increase of nearly 10% from the last week of October.



The government is planning to apply the vaccination certificate/voice confirmation system, that is, the quarantine pass, which went through the guidance period last week, from this week.



The targets are entertainment facilities, singing practice areas, and public baths.



At indoor sports facilities, the training period has been extended by one week.



The government also decided to strengthen quarantine inspections at private academies ahead of the university entrance exam on the 18th.



While the booster vaccination was in full swing, the completion rate of vaccination was 76.6% of the total population.