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Even today (the 7th), the number of new confirmed cases decreased over the weekend, but it is still expected to be around 200,000.

Even yesterday, a holiday, every laboratory was crowded with people trying to get PCR tests, and as the number of home-treated patients increased to 1.12 million, the medical field had no time to rest.



Correspondent Han Seong-hee.



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The test center is crowded with people trying to get a PCR test because the self-examination is positive.



This is a temporary screening and inspection station at Independence Square in Seoul.



There were so many people that the line for the PCR test was over 300m.



The waiting time alone is at least 2 hours.



[Lim Jae-geun / Independence Gate Square Temporary Screening Inspection Center: It has been over two hours since it opened, and there have already been over 1,000 visitors.

We are working without a day off with the maximum number of people, but there is a shortage of manpower.] As the number of



confirmed cases continued to hover around 200,000 for the third day, the number of people receiving treatment at home also increased to 1.12 million.



Local government employees in charge of home treatment have long since disappeared.



Calls came in non-stop, and



[yesterday, you were confirmed.

There is a hospital that does it even on weekends.]



There are many emergencies.



[Nam Joo-ho / Nowon-gu Office Home Treatment Team Supervisor: Just recently, there was an emergency call from a pediatric diabetic patient whose blood sugar suddenly dropped.

(But) Face-to-face treatment for confirmed pediatric patients is a bit difficult.]



Deputy Prime Minister Hong Nam-ki was also confirmed and started working from home.



There were 885 patients with severe severe cases, approaching 900 for two days in a row.



Most of them are elderly people, with 83% over 60 years old, but there are also low-age patients such as 6 under 9 years old and 2 teenagers.



Among the new confirmed cases in Korea, those under the age of 18 accounted for 23.1%, more than the high-risk group over the age of 60.



In particular, since elementary, middle and high schools opened on the 2nd, it seems that additional measures are needed to deal with the increase in the number of infected people in the younger age group.