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number of new COVID-19 cases reached 107,000, continuing more than 100,000 for the third day.

BA.2.75 The spread of the mutation is not fast, so it is observed that this epidemic will reach its peak sooner than originally predicted. 



This is reporter Hyung-woo Hyung.



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Yesterday (3rd), there were 107,894 new confirmed cases of Corona 19, exceeding 100,000 for three days in a row.



It is 1.26 times the same day of the week last week.



The number of patients with severe serious illness was 310, an increase of 26 from the previous day, and the death toll was 34.



It is the first time in 78 days that the number of patients with severe severe cases exceeds 300.



The spread of the BA.2.75 mutation, which is stronger than BA.5, has been 14 people so far, and the rate of spread is still on the slow side.



[Kyungran Paik / Director of the Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: The number of patients has been increasing twice every week for the past three weeks.

Fortunately, the increase has been slowly decreasing since last week.]



The quarantine authorities said that there is a possibility that the number of confirmed cases per day during this month ranges from 110,000 to a maximum of 190,000, peaking and then returning to a decreasing trend.



However, he added that the resurgence itself could last for a long time after the peak.



Some experts have raised the possibility that another epidemic will occur as the immunity effect of most of the people declines around the beginning of this winter.



The quarantine authorities said they would prepare for the possibility of new mutations after BA.5 and BA.2.75.



The current 3rd vaccination rate was 65.2% of the population, and the 4th vaccination rate was 11.5%.



The 4th vaccination rate for the elderly over 60 years old is 42.8% compared to the subjects, and the vaccination rate for those in their 50s is 7.7%.



Quarantine authorities repeatedly emphasized the vaccination, saying that even if the fatality rate of the Omicron mutation is slightly reduced, it is not at the level of the flu.