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Yesterday (5th), the number of severe cases of Corona 19 fell to 800 in 24 days. The government analyzed that the number of severe cases would decrease following the new confirmed cases and that the number of deaths would soon decrease, emphasizing that the quarantine pass clearly had an effect in this process.



This is the report by Park Jae-hyung.



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Yesterday, the number of patients with severe serious illness was 882, which fell to 800 in 24 days since the 13th of last month.



As of Thursday's announcement, the number of new confirmed cases also fell below 5,000 for the first time in six weeks since the end of November.



The 'positive rate', which shows how many of the PCR testers were confirmed, fell to 1.7% after maintaining the mid-2% level until last week.



This is interpreted as another sign that the epidemic is on the decline.



If the positive rate, which is a leading indicator, decreases, it will lead to a decrease in the number of patients with severe cases, and the fatality rate will also decrease after about 3 to 4 weeks.



The quarantine authorities said that the current decline had a big impact on strengthening social distancing and the expansion of quarantine passes.



Since the 6th of last month, the target of the quarantine pass has been greatly expanded from 5 to 17, and the number of confirmed cases has decreased since a week later.



The remaining variable is the rate of diffusion of the micron mutation.



[Park Young-joon/Central Quarantine Countermeasures Headquarters Epidemiological Investigation Team Leader: In January, sooner or later in February, more than half of the mutation analysis cases in the whole are highly likely to be progressed to Omicron.]



The quarantine authorities said, "If the situation improves, After the two adjustments, the quarantine pass will also be eased in stages,” he said.



3 groups with low risk, academies, reading rooms, movie theaters, and PC rooms are expected to be removed from the quarantine pass target.



The quarantine authorities are also planning to announce a new quarantine system in the near future in preparation for the omicron mutation to become the dominant species.



(Video editing: Park Jin-hoon, CG: Han Jeong-woo, Kang Kyung-rim)