As the spread of COVID-19 continues, the number of new confirmed cases today (22nd) was counted to be in the late 2000s.
The number of patients with severe severe cases recorded 515, which was around 500 for the third day in a row.
The Central Quarantine Countermeasures Headquarters announced that as of 00:00 today, there were 2,827 new confirmed cases, bringing the total number of confirmed cases to 418,252.
Due to the decrease in the number of weekend tests, the number of confirmed cases decreased by 293 from yesterday (3,120), and the number of confirmed cases, which was at 3,000 for five days in a row, has fallen to the late 2,000 in six days.
However, based on the number of confirmed cases on Sunday (Monday as of the announcement date), it is still the highest number.
446 more than the previous high on September 27 (2,381), and 822 more than the 2,05 on Sunday of last week (the 15th, Monday, as of the announcement date) a week ago.
While the scale of the epidemic is not diminishing, there are also concerns that the spread of the epidemic may increase as kindergartens, elementary, middle, and high schools across the country start going back to school for the first time in about two years from today.
The number of patients with severe severe cases was 515, 508 on the 20th and 517 yesterday (21st).
Yesterday, the death toll increased by 24 to a cumulative 3,298, and the average fatality rate in Korea is 0.79%.
When looking at the number of new confirmed cases in the region, a total of 2,250 (80.2%), including 1,274 in Seoul, 817 in Gyeonggi, and 159 in Incheon, continues to spread mainly in the metropolitan area.
Non-metropolitan areas: Busan 89, Gyeongnam 63, Gwangju 57, Gangwon 55, Daegu 53, Chungnam 47, Gyeongbuk 39, Daejeon 36, Jeonbuk 34, Chungbuk 26, Jeonnam 25, Jeju 17 , Ulsan 10, and Sejong 5, for a total of 556 (19.8%).