Citizens are waiting to be tested at the screening clinic at the Songpa-gu Public Health Center in Seoul on the morning of the 11th. [사진=연합뉴스]
As of 9 p.m. on the 13th, there were 38,051 new cases of COVID-19 across the country.
Yonhap News reported that from 00:00 to 9pm on the same day, the number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in 17 cities and provinces across the country was counted at 38,051, 683 fewer than the same time the day before, but the number exceeded 30,000 for three days in a row as of the same time period. reported
By region, Gyeonggi 1537, Seoul 9655, Gyeongnam 2087, Incheon 1932, Gyeongbuk 1573, Chungnam 1509, Busan 1450, Daegu 1222, Jeonbuk 1149, Ulsan 1086, Chungbuk 1044, Gangwon 1038 Those in Daejeon, 1022, Jeonnam 850, Jeju 831, Gwangju 800, and Sejong 266.
The “doubling” phenomenon, in which the number of confirmed cases nationwide more than doubles every week, is repeating. It is more than double the number of 17,057 people counted for the same time on the 6th, a week ago, and more than four times more than the 9076 people counted at the same time on the 29th of last month, two weeks ago.
If regarding 2,000 more new cases are counted by midnight, there is a possibility that the daily number of confirmed cases will reach 40,000 once more. The number of daily new confirmed cases for one week from the 7th was 18,504 → 19,312 → 22,276 → 20,405 → 12,685 → 37,360 → 42,266.
In response to the rapid spread of COVID-19, the government announced quarantine measures to prepare for a resurgence. In the past, patients in their 50s and 18 years of age or older with underlying diseases, and persons with disabilities and homeless people were added to the subjects of the fourth vaccination given to those in their 60s and older, those in nursing homes, facilities, mental health promotion facilities, etc. Considering the social and economic costs, we will not completely reintroduce ‘social distancing’.
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- Lim Min-cheol
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