<Anchor> After the
gradual recovery of daily life, the Corona situation is not serious. Today (12th), the number of confirmed cases is expected to be around 2,500, and the number of severe cases continues to be the highest ever, and the number of deaths is also increasing. Quarantine authorities believe that it is still at a level that can withstand it.
Reporter Park Chan-geun reports.
<Reporter> The number of
new corona19 confirmed 2,520 was around 2,500 for the second day.
The number of severe cases increased by 13 per day, reaching 473, the highest for two days in a row.
The death toll increased by 21 in one day.
Cases of death after booster vaccination were also reported for the first time.
A woman in her 80s, all three had the Pfizer vaccine, and the causality is being investigated.
On the eleventh day after the start of the gradual recovery, there is a clear increase in confirmed cases, severe cases, and deaths.
The situation in the metropolitan area is particularly bad.
Nearly 80% of all confirmed cases in the past four weeks have come from the metropolitan area.
The utilization rate of intensive care beds is 72.8% in the metropolitan area, much higher than in non-metropolitan areas, and Seoul has the highest rate of 74.8%.
It is close to 75% of the standard that can stop the gradual daily recovery.
[Shin Hyun-young / Democratic Party lawmaker: Is it possible to review the possibility that the first stage will continue if the situation worsens?]
[Jung Eun-kyung/Director of the Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: It seems that the first stage can be continued or the measures can be strengthened.]
However, as there are quite a few beds nationwide, the quarantine authorities explained that it is not yet at the stage of reviewing an emergency plan.
He also said that even if such a situation arises, it will not be applied only to the metropolitan area.
A week before the CSAT, all high schools across the country switched to remote classes and entered the CSAT quarantine system.