-The number of new confirmed cases of the new coronavirus infection (Corona 19) in Korea again reached a record high.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention of the Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (KCDC) announced that as of 0:00 am on the 16th, 1078 new confirmed cases were confirmed, resulting in a cumulative 4,5442 (4,986 from overseas).
After the previous record, the 13th (1030), it slightly decreased to 700 to 800, but it increased significantly after three days. As a result, the average of local outbreaks for a week from the 10th to the 16th exceeded the minimum standard of the 3rd stage of social distancing, which is 800 people.
There were 1054 cases of local outbreaks that day. About 72% of the outbreaks in the metropolitan area were △373 in Seoul, 320 in Gyeonggi and 64 in Incheon. Also, as a group outbreak occurred in the Canaan Nursing Home in Gimje, the number of people increased by 75 in Jeollabuk-do. Compared to the previous day (an increase of 13 people), the number of people increased significantly. In addition, the spread of △41 people in Busan △35 people in Chungnam △28 people in Gyeongbuk △27 people in Daegu △22 people in Chungbuk △15 people in Jeju, etc. There are 24 cases of foreign inflow. It was the most inflow of 11 people from Asia other than China. The rest are △10 in America, △2 in Europe, and △1 in Africa. Of these, 18 were identified at the community level and 6 at the quarantine stage, with 388 new releases. A cumulative 3,2947 (72.50%) were released from quarantine, and 11,883 people are currently quarantined. There were 226 patients with severe gastric disorders.
The death toll also increased by 12. The cumulative 612 people (lethal rate 1.35%).
Wooyeol Yoon, reporter of Donga.com [email protected]
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