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The following is the news of Corona 19.

While the number of new confirmed cases is still around 160,000, the cumulative number of confirmed cases has reached 3 million.

The number of seriously ill patients also continues to increase rapidly to 600 for the third day, and the government emphasized that Korea is responding most appropriately compared to other countries that were in the same situation.



This is a report by reporter Kim Deok-hyun.



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The cumulative number of COVID-19 patients in Korea exceeded 2 million on the 21st.



As the number of daily confirmed cases of around 170,000 continues for five consecutive days, the cumulative number of patients will rise to around 2.99 million, and the number will rise to 3 million when it is announced tomorrow (28th).



The number of severe severe cases, which was in the 200s until two weeks ago, is in the 600s on the third day.



However, the quarantine authorities explain that the risk prevention index is being maintained stably.



Compared to the peak of the delta mutation epidemic at the end of December last year, the average number of confirmed cases has increased 17 times, but the number of patients with severe cases is rather small.



Prime Minister Kim Bu-gyeom emphasized that "there is sufficient medical capacity and the cumulative death toll per 1 million people is only 1/20 of that of major countries such as the United States and the United Kingdom."



[Kim Bu-gyeom/Prime Minister (the day before): Compared to other countries in a similar situation, it is showing a relatively stable appearance.

Social essential functions are also working without shaking.]



Considering the increased on-site burden, such as the number of home-treated patients increasing by more than 300,000 within a week, the government plans to dispatch 4,000 people, including government officials and military personnel, to frontline health centers in turn starting tomorrow.



In addition, from tomorrow, the 4th dose of the vaccine pre-booked by the immunocompromised will also start.



The government plans to lower the fatality rate of Omicron to the level of seasonal flu by further raising the 2nd and 3rd doses of the vaccine, which is the 3rd and 7th highest by OECD standards, respectively.



(Video coverage: Tae-Hoon Kim, video editing: So-Young Lee)