970 new confirmed… Over a thousand yesterday, then return to three digits
Corona 19 new outbreaks in Korea and 24 inflows from overseas
656 people in the metropolitan area… Seoul 359, Gyeonggi 237, Incheon 60
[앵커]
There were 970 new cases of Corona 19.
Yesterday and yesterday, the number of confirmed cases was down to 1,000, but today the number of confirmed cases has decreased to three digits.
The government decides this afternoon whether to raise social distancing to the third level.
We will connect reporters to find out more about the news. Reporter Seung-yoon Lee!
The number of new patients has dropped to three places. Can you tell us the trend of corona19 confirmed cases?
[기자]
As of 0 o’clock today, there are 970 new cases.
It is a decrease from 1,241 people yesterday and 1,132 yesterday, which was the highest in history even among special quarantine measures during the year-end and New Year holidays.
When looking at the route of infection, domestic outbreaks were 946 and foreign inflows were 24.
Looking at the current status of domestic outbreaks by region, the spread of the metropolitan area is showing no signs of slowing down.
Seoul has 359, Gyeonggi 237, and Incheon 60 with 656 new patients.
In the non-metropolitan area, new patients came from 17 provinces nationwide, including 55 in Chungnam, 44 in Gyeongnam, 40 in Busan, 32 in Gyeongbuk, and 24 in Chungbuk.
Of the 24 confirmed foreign inflows, 10 were confirmed during the quarantine stage.
The additional death toll is 15 and the cumulative death toll is 808.
The number of patients with severe gastric disorders decreased by 6 to 293.
The problem is that about 30% of patients whose infection route is unknown, worsening the quarantine indicators.
The number of cases of unknown infection rose to 27.1% on the 22nd, 27.4% on the 23rd, 27.8% on the 24th, 27.2% on the 25th, and 28.6% yesterday.
It means that about 3 out of 10 confirmed cases do not know when and where they were infected, which means that’hidden infections’ are widespread in local communities.
[앵커]
In the midst of this, the government held a major script meeting this afternoon and decided whether to raise the distance?
[기자]
Yes, it is.
Currently, the 2.5th stage of the metropolitan area and the second stage of the non-metropolitan area will end tomorrow, so we decide whether to extend or upgrade the distance.
The third phase is actually a strong measure equivalent to the blockade, and enormous social and economic damage is expected, so the government has been cautious.
However, as the number of confirmed cases is increasing rapidly and the rate of unknown infection route remains at about 30%, the pressure to upgrade is increasing.
The government once again called for compliance with special measures to strengthen quarantine during the year-end and New Year holidays, such as the ban on gatherings of 5 or more people nationwide.
YTN Lee Seung-yoon at the Ministry of Social Affairs[[email protected]]is.
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