Amid the resurgence of Corona 19 in the winter, 70,000 new confirmed cases were added today (6th).
The Central Defense Countermeasures Headquarters announced that as of 0:00 today, the number of corona19 confirmed cases increased by 77,604, bringing the cumulative total to 27,408,854.
As the number of diagnostic tests, which had decreased over the weekend, increased again, the number of new confirmed cases surged 3.4 times yesterday.
Compared to a week ago, the number of new confirmed cases has been repeating increases and decreases since the middle of last month.
The quarantine authorities predicted last week, "Although the growth rate is slowing and stagnating, it is expected to repeat the increase and decrease for the time being and maintain the direction of increase."
The number of severely ill patients in hospital was 443, a decrease of 15 from yesterday (458).
The number of severely ill patients has been in the 400 range from the 19th to the 18th of last month.
The number of deaths yesterday was 24, 16 fewer than the previous day (40).
It is the lowest in a month since November 7 (18), but it is likely a temporary decrease considering the fact that the number of critically ill patients is consistently high.
The cumulative death toll is 30,793, and the fatality rate is 0.11%.