The quarantine authorities predicted that the domestic Corona 19 Omicron pandemic will reach its peak in late February or March, and up to 270,000 confirmed cases a day.
The Central Quarantine Countermeasures Headquarters announced today (21st) that this was predicted as a result of synthesizing the predictions of the Corona 19 epidemic conducted by 10 domestic and foreign research institutes.
It is predicted that the number of confirmed cases per day will exceed 170,000 from the beginning of March, and the number of severe cases of severe disease, which is currently around 400, will increase by more than 1,000 during the same period.
On the 7th, the quarantine authorities predicted that the epidemic would peak at the end of this month and the number of confirmed cases would reach up to 170,000 a day, but the new forecast shows that the peak point is slightly delayed and the number of confirmed cases is getting bigger.
With around 100,000 new confirmed cases every day, the number of confirmed cases has been 'doubling' (the number doubles) every week for the fourth week, but the intensive care unit operation rate is maintaining a relatively stable level.
The rate of aggravation is decreasing.
As a result of comparing the severity of 67,207 people infected with the Delta/Omicron mutation since December last year, the severity of Omicron was 0.38% and the fatality rate was 0.18%.
Compared to the delta mutation's severity rate of 1.40% and fatality rate of 0.70%, it is about a quarter of that.
In particular, in the younger age group under the age of 60, the severity of Omicron was lower at 0.03 to 0.08%, and the fatality rate was lower at 0 to 0.03%, depending on the age group.
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