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There were 137,000 new confirmed cases of COVID-19, nearly doubling the rate of reinfection from a month ago.
The quarantine authorities said that there are many cases of reinfection in the unvaccinated group, so they urged them to be vaccinated.
This is reporter Han Seong-hee.
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Yesterday (10th), there were 137,241 new confirmed cases of Corona 19.
As of Thursday's announcement, it was the most in 17 weeks since April 14.
The number of severe cases and deaths, which appeared 1 or 2 weeks apart from the number of confirmed cases, came out the most in three months.
There were 418 cases of severe serious illness and 59 deaths, an increase from the previous day for four days in a row.
So far, the estimated number of re-infection cases was 142,513, and the re-infection rate, which was 2.8% of the confirmed cases at the end of June, nearly doubled to 5.4% in the fourth week of July.
When we analyzed the reinfected virus, 36.5% of the cases were reinfected with the stealth Omicron after being infected with the Omicron mutation, and 23% of the cases were reinfected with the Stealth Omicron after being infected with the Delta mutation.
49.2% of the reinfected patients were in the unvaccinated group, including those under the age of 17.
[Kyung-ran Paik/Director of the Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: When the third vaccination is additionally received, the (re-infection rate) is reduced by half compared to the second vaccination, and by three-quarters compared to those who have not been vaccinated or completed the first vaccination You can see it.]
Quarantine authorities repeatedly urged people over the age of 60, where more than 90% of the deaths were concentrated, and those in their 50s with a high rate of underlying diseases, to receive the fourth dose.