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Last weekend, there were 100,000 confirmed cases per day.
It seems that today (the 21st) will be a similar size.
As of 9 o'clock last night, there were already over 93,000 people.
Due to this rapid increase, the number of patients increased by 1 million in the past full week alone, and the cumulative number of confirmed cases has exceeded 2 million.
This is Correspondent Jeong Seong-jin.
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As of 00:00 yesterday, 104,000 new cases of COVID-19 were added.
Even though it was a holiday, it maintained the 100,000 level for three days.
The cumulative number of patients exceeded 2 million, adding to yesterday's occurrence.
The cumulative number exceeded 1 million on the 6th, two years after Corona 19 was introduced into Korea, but the next 1 million people exploded in the last fortnight. .
The government anticipates that the number of confirmed cases will rise to 180,000 a day at the peak of the epidemic next week or the following week.
The number of severe cases is in the 400s for two days in a row.
[Lee Ki-il / Central Disaster and Safety Countermeasures Headquarters 1st Controller (last 18th): It is still uncertain how many confirmed cases will increase.
If there is an excessive increase, there may be disruptions in the maintenance of the medical system or essential social functions.]
As the number of confirmed cases increases, the number of home-treated patients is doubling every week.
The number of home therapists reached 450,000, an increase of about 230,000 from a week ago and nearly 50,000 from the day before.
The government said that the number of hospitals and clinics providing phone consultations or prescriptions to home-treated patients increased by more than 4,000 over the past week, surpassing 6,000.
Some pharmacies and convenience stores are in short supply, and 21 million self-test kits are expected to be supplied in one week.