115,311 people were counted at 9 pm the day before… 1.18 times a week ago
Cumulative 20 million people in two and a half years following the first confirmed case… 2 out of 5 people confirmed
As the COVID-19 pandemic continues, the number of new confirmed cases is expected to reach around 120,000 on the 3rd.
The cumulative number of COVID-19 cases has surpassed 20 million.
According to each local government, including the Seoul Metropolitan Government, from 00:00 to 9pm the previous day, 115,311 people were diagnosed with COVID-19 in 17 cities and provinces nationwide.
It was 1.18 times higher than on the 26th of last month (97,617 people) a week ago, the highest number in 106 days since April 18 (115,908 people).
As of midnight on the same day, the number of new confirmed cases is expected to be around 120,000.
The cumulative number of confirmed cases has already surpassed 20 million as of 9 p.m. the previous day.
About two and a half years following the first confirmed case in Korea on January 20, 2020, two out of five people (51.63 million people) had a history of COVID-19 confirmation.
The summer epidemic of COVID-19, which started last month, continues, but the increase in the number of new cases has moderated recently.
According to the announcement of the Central Quarantine Countermeasures Headquarters the day before, the infection reproduction index (Rt) for the 4th week of July (July 24-30) was 1.29, down 0.25 from the previous week (1.54).
The infection reproduction index is an index that quantifies how many people a patient infects nearby people. If it is more than 1, it means that the epidemic spreads, and if it is less than 1, it means that the epidemic is suppressed.
Jeong Jae-hoon, a professor of preventive medicine at Gachon University College of Medicine, said on his Facebook the day before, “We are predicting that the peak of the epidemic will pass between this week and the next week.”
From the 27th of last month to the previous day, the number of new confirmed cases was 103,245 → 88,365 → 85,303 → 81,989 → 73,582 → 44 thousand 689 → 111,789, an average of 83,709 per day.
/yunhap news
