641 new confirmed yesterday… Cumulative 67,999 people
The number of confirmed cases peaked at 1,240 on the 25th of last month
Entering the reduction phase with the effect of strengthened quarantine measures
Risk factors such as seasonal factors, mutant viruses and hidden infections still remain
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The number of new corona 19 confirmed cases hit 600 people for two consecutive days.
It appears that it has passed the peak of the third pandemic and is entering a decline, but the analysis is that the risk factors remain.
Reporter Seo Bong-guk reports.
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The number of new corona 19 confirmed cases was 641, which remained at the level of 600 for the second day.
It has fallen below the standard of three steps of distance by recording three digits, under a thousand people for five days in a row.
The government’s judgment is that the number of confirmed cases peaked at 1,240 on the 25th of last month and then has entered a decline.
As the Infectious Reproduction Index was less than 1, the number of confirmed cases per day, which is a measure of the outbreak of local communities, decreased by 280 compared to the end of the year.
Strong quarantine measures, such as strengthening distances during the year-end and New Year holidays and banning private gatherings with more than 5 people, have been effective.
[임숙영 / 중대본 방역총괄반장 : 완만한 감소추세를 보여주고 있다는 말씀을 드리겠습니다. (주간) 일평균 확진자 수도 738명으로 감염이 최고조에 달했던 12월 말 대비해서 약 280명 정도 줄었습니다.]
However, the quarantine authorities are struggling.
This is because risk factors such as seasonal factors, the influx of mutant viruses, and hidden infections in the community remain.
It is a judgment in consideration of these difficulties that the government proposed the primary target for 4 to 500 new confirmed cases by the 17th, when the current distancing measures are over.
[천은미 / 이대목동병원 호흡기내과 ; 날씨가 풀리고 활동력이 늘어나면 검사 건수도 증가하고 그 경우에는 확진자 수가 분명하게 늘어날 수 있습니다.]
For the winter when the virus is active, it still needs to be close to two months.
Experts say that this epidemic has passed its peak, but it is too early to be relieved as the number of new confirmed cases spreads from 100 to 1,000 in just a few days.
This is YTN Seo Bong-guk.
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