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number of new COVID-19 cases reached 37,000, the highest in 62 days.

The detection rate of BA.5, which has high radio wave power, has been increased to 35%.

The government will announce the quarantine countermeasures tomorrow (13th).



First news, reporter Han Seong-hee.



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There were 37,360 new confirmed cases of Corona 19 yesterday.



It is the highest number in 62 days since about 43,000 people on May 11th.



The infection reproduction index, which shows how many people a confirmed person infects, rose from 1.05 the previous week to 1.4 last week, making the spread more pronounced.



The detection rate of the highly contagious omicron submutation BA.5 also increased from 28% to 35% within one week.



Among the confirmed cases imported from overseas, over 70% last week.



[Lim Sook-young / Head of the Central Quarantine Countermeasures Headquarters: The increase in the number of confirmed cases is expected to continue due to the rapid increase in the detection rate of BA



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Seven people died.



The government raised the national COVID-19 risk from 'low' to 'medium' for the first time in eight weeks.



Tomorrow, we plan to announce new quarantine measures to prepare for the re-spread and the status of the epidemic forecast.



The National Infectious Disease Crisis Response Advisory Committee, made up of experts, held its first meeting yesterday and discussed whether to further increase the number of people over the age of 60 and those who are immunocompromised for the fourth dose.



On the other hand, the quarantine authorities will start a survey on the positive rate of corona antibodies by 10,000 people starting this month.



After sending instructions and instructions by mail to randomly selected subjects, if they agree, sample collection and analysis will proceed.



Through the investigation, we plan to identify the exact number of infected or non-infected people and reflect them in our policies.



The monitoring of 49 people who came in contact with the first confirmed case of monkeypox in Korea ended without further infection.