Today, 6,000 people are expected... "Review special measures such as strengthening social distancing"

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Today (11th), the number of new COVID-19 cases is expected to exceed 6,000. Considering that the number exceeded 7,000 in the previous three days, the worst trend since the epidemic is continuing. If the spread continues, the government said strong social distancing could resume next week.

Correspondent Park Jae-hyun.

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is a screening test center in Yeongdeungpo-gu, Seoul.

Instead of waiting in line, the test subjects are given a numbered ticket in the order of arrival, and then are tested when their number is called.

[Enter, enter.]

Due to the recent surge in the number of confirmed cases, the number of test subjects with overlapping lines has also increased, and the number of tickets per day has exceeded 2,000.

[Residents of Yeongdeungpo-gu, Seoul: When I arrived in the morning, the line was quite long and there were a lot of them, so I felt that the number of (confirmed) was increasing.] The

total number of tests increased by more than 20% compared to the same period last week

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Additional screening stations have been installed in 4 locations including

There were 7,022 confirmed cases of Corona, which also recorded 7,000 yesterday.

The number of seriously ill patients was 852, recording 800 for three days in a row, and the number of deaths increased by 53.

There are 1,258 confirmed cases waiting for hospitalization due to lack of beds.

The number of home healers surpassed 20,000 for the first time.

The number of Omicron mutation infections increased by three more in Seoul, bringing the total number of infections nationwide to 63.

As the spread did not stop, the quarantine authorities mentioned the possibility of additional quarantine measures next week.

[Lee Ki-il / First Supervisor of Central Disaster and Safety Countermeasures Headquarters: If special measures are necessary, we plan to review further restrictions on operating hours and private meetings.] The

government also issued a fifth administrative order to medical institutions across the country, It was decided to secure an additional 1,900 beds, including 240 beds for severe cases.