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Today (1st), the number of new corona patients is expected to reach 40,000 due to the decrease in the number of tests over the weekend.

Although the spread of the disease is slightly decreasing, the number of patients with severe cases is increasing in the aftermath of the increase in the number of patients.

Starting today, the 4th vaccination for those in their 50s who have booked in advance will start.



This is reporter Hyung-woo Jeon.



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number of new confirmed cases of Corona 19 was 73,589, which continued to decrease for the fourth day after exceeding 100,000 on the 26th.



The 'doubling phenomenon', in which the number of confirmed cases doubled every week, was also practically stopped as it was only 1.12 times the level of the same day of the week last week.



However, the number of patients with severe gastritis increased steadily to 284, the highest number in two months.



The government plans to maintain a routine of recovery under voluntary quarantine.



In the meantime, the system that classified the elderly over 60 and those with weakened immune systems into an intensive care group and monitored their health by phone once a day will also be suspended from today.



[Lee Ki-il / 2nd Vice Minister of Health and Welfare: (Even the elderly can receive face-to-face treatment) quickly, and there is an opinion that it is the best, so we decided to abolish the intensive care group from August 1.



] From today, the 4th vaccination for those in their 50s who have pre-ordered will also start.



Currently, the 4th vaccination rate for those in their 50s is 4.7%, and the reservation rate is higher than this at 12.9%.



It is still low compared to the reservation rate of 22% within a week of pre-registration at the time of the 4th vaccination for those in their 60s or older.



[Jeong Ki-seok / Head of Corona 19 Response Headquarters: (If you focus on the 4th vaccination and prescription of treatment), the fatality rate of 0.06% will drop to 0.05% or even lower, so it will be able to maintain a similar level to the flu



. If there is an epidemiological relationship, such as an epidemiological relationship, health insurance is applied to the rapid antigen test for professionals.



There is no need to pay separately for the examination fee, which was about 30,000 to 50,000 won, and you only need to pay 5,000 won for the treatment.