In the midst of the Corona 19 winter trend, new confirmed cases came out in the late 60,000s.



The number of critically ill patients hospitalized reached a high level of 500 on the sixth day.



The Central Defense Countermeasures Headquarters announced that as of 0:00 on the same day, the number of corona19 confirmed cases increased by 68,168, bringing the cumulative total to 28,534,558.



The number of new confirmed cases on this day was 7,576 fewer than the previous day.



However, it increased by 1,215 from the last 16 days, a week ago, and by 5,452 from the last 9 days, two weeks ago.



The number of new confirmed cases for one week from the 17th to this day was 66,930 → 58,862 → 26,622 → 87,559 → 88,172 → 70,000 5,744 → 68,168, a daily average of 67,436.



Among the new confirmed cases on this day, 95 cases were imported from abroad, the highest in 80 days since October 4 (106 cases).



The number of confirmed cases by region (including overseas inflow) is Gyeonggi 18,800, Seoul 12,414, Busan 4,733, Gyeongnam 4,554, Incheon 4,318, Gyeongbuk 2,832, Daegu 2,657, Chungnam 2,653, Jeonnam 2,389, Jeonbuk 2,283, Gwangju 1,990, Daejeon 1,984, Chungbuk 1,936, Gangwon 1,715, Ulsan 1 1,547 people, 760 people in Jeju, 557 people in Sejong, and 46 people in quarantine.



The number of severely ill patients in hospital on this day was 530, which is 17 fewer than the previous day (547), the highest number recorded in 100 days, but still at a high level.



The number of severely ill patients has been in the 500s for the sixth day since the 18th.



The number of deaths the previous day was 63, one more than the previous day (62).



The cumulative number of deaths is 31,674, and the fatality rate is 0.11%.



Prime Minister Han Deok-soo said at the Corona 19 Central Disaster and Safety Countermeasure Headquarters meeting that day, "The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases continues to increase, but the overall medical response situation is stable." Four 'standards for adjusting indoor mask compulsory adjustment' were announced, including acquisition of immunity for high-risk groups.



If two or more of these criteria are met, it is a policy to decide when to ease the indoor mask duty through a critical script discussion.