Today (29th), the 12th day after the strengthened 'social distancing' measures were implemented, the number of new corona19 patients in Korea increased to 5,000 again.



The number of patients with severe cases also broke a new record, surpassing 1,150, while the death toll fell to the 30 level in 26 days.



The Central Quarantine Countermeasures Headquarters (Bangdaebon) announced that as of 00:00 today, there were 5,409 new confirmed cases of COVID-19, bringing the total number of confirmed cases to 62938.



The number of new confirmed cases rose by 1,544 from yesterday (3,865), rising to the 5,000 level again in three days after the 26th (5,418).



Usually, the number of confirmed cases slows down a bit until the beginning of the week due to the effects of weekends and holidays, and then increases significantly from Wednesday, when the week enters the week.



However, compared to the 7,455 on the 22nd a week ago, 2,46 people decreased, continuing the overall decrease in the number of confirmed cases.



This appears to be due to the fact that the third vaccination, centered on the elderly, is speeding up, and at the same time, the effect of strengthened quarantine measures since the beginning of last month is partially reflected.



However, the number of patients with severe cases remains serious.



As of today, there are 1,151 cases of severe serious illness, an increase of 49 from yesterday, breaking again the highest number since the domestic Corona 19 incident.



From the 21st, the number of patients with severe cases is around 1,000 (1,22 → 1,63 → 1,83 → 1,84 → 1,105 → 1,81 → 1,78 → 1,102 → 1,151) were recorded.



The death toll increased by 36, bringing the total to 5,382.



Since the last 3 days (34 people), there have been at least 40 deaths a day, and more than 100 deaths a day, and then it dropped to the 30s in 26 days.



The cumulative fatality rate is 0.87%.



The government believes that there is a possibility that the number of severe cases and the number of fatalities will decrease with a time lag of 1 to 2 weeks depending on the current trend of decreasing the number of confirmed cases.



The number of infected with the Omicron mutant virus in Korea increased by 109, bringing the total to 558.



There are 40 local (domestic) infections, and the remaining 69 are imported infections.



If you look at the route of infection today, there are 5,283 local cases and 126 people imported from overseas.



The number of regional confirmed cases was 1,869 in Seoul, 1,608 in Gyeonggi, and 309 in Incheon, with a total of 3,786 (71.7%) in the metropolitan area.



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