For one week since the 22nd, when all schools across the country, including the metropolitan area, started going back to school, about 1,100 students in Seoul alone were confirmed with Corona 19.
According to the Seoul Metropolitan Office of Education today (30th), from the 22nd to the 28th, there were 1,90 confirmed cases of Corona 19 among elementary, middle, and high school students in Seoul.
During the same period, there were 95 confirmed cases of faculty and staff.
When looking at the route of infection of a total of 1,185 students and staff, 426 (36.0%) were the most common infection, followed by family infection, followed by unknown infection route (395, 33.3%).
The number of intramural infections was 223, accounting for 18.8%.
If you look at the major cases of infection in Seoul schools after the implementation of full school attendance, the confirmed case of Taekwondo practice led to one elementary school, resulting in 11 confirmed cases.
The Seoul Office of Education has maintained a full school attendance policy for schools within its jurisdiction since the 22nd, but in the case of overcrowded schools, after collecting opinions from students, parents, and teachers, more than three-quarters of elementary school students, 3rd and 6th graders, and middle and high schools More than two-thirds of students are allowed to attend school.
On the 22nd, 711,106 students, or 86.3%, of 824,400 students in elementary, middle, and high schools in Seoul attended school.
Two days later, on the 24th, the number of students attending school increased to 723,527, and the attendance rate rose to 87.8%.