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As the number of corona patients increases, the fatality rate and severity rate are also rising again.

The target of the improved vaccine has been expanded to all adults from the 27th (27th), but it is said that there are not many people who want to get the vaccine yet.



Reporter Hyung-woo Jeon covered the report.



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fatality rate, which is the proportion of deaths among confirmed corona patients, exceeded 2% last year, but has steadily declined this year.



It fell to 0.06% in mid-August, and was 0.09% in the first week of the month.



The aggravation rate, which is the ratio of patients with severe cases among confirmed patients, also increased from 0.12% to 0.19% compared to five weeks ago.



It is back to the level in February, when the original Omicron epidemic was in its early days.



[Cho Gyu-hong / Minister of Health and Welfare: The corona epidemic is showing signs of rebounding from the stagnant period.

The infection reproduction index is 1.09, which has been over 1 for two weeks in a row.]



It is analyzed that the 4th vaccination rate, which started in April, only accounted for 14.7% of the total population, and the effect of vaccination is rapidly declining over time.



Quarantine authorities are encouraging improved vaccinations, believing that another sub-mutation of Omicron will lead the epidemic this winter.



On the first day when the target was expanded from the high-risk group such as those over 60 to those over 18, the number of pre-bookings on the first day was 100,000, or about 1.24 million, or only 3.2% of the target audience.



[Park Hyang / Head of the Central Accident Control Headquarters Prevention Division: Those who were vaccinated for the last time before July and those who were confirmed to have COVID-19 before July are subject to additional vaccinations this time.] The



government currently provides three types of improved vaccines. In addition, Moderna's BA.4, 5 countermeasures are also reviewed in advance, so the number of vaccines is expected to increase.



However, it is recommended that high-risk groups be vaccinated as soon as possible.