Half of what it was two weeks ago, a clear decline… 477 severe cases, 57 deaths
Gyeonggi 11,609, Seoul 7659, Gyeongnam 2620, Incheon 2606
As the scale of the COVID-19 outbreak continues to decrease, the number of new confirmed cases fell to 40,000 on the 17th.
The Central Defense Response Headquarters announced that as of 00:00 on the same day, the number of confirmed cases of COVID-19 increased by 43,457, bringing the total to 24,359,702.
The number decreased by 8,417 from 51,874 the day before.
There are 752 more people than on the 10th (42,705) a week ago, but the 10th is the Chuseok holiday, so the number of diagnostic tests is small, so a simple comparison is meaningless.
Compared to the last 3 days (79,719 people) two weeks ago, there were 36,262 fewer people.
It was reduced by half, and the decline was clear.
The number of new confirmed cases per day for one week from the 11th to this day was 28,201 → 36,925 → 57,291 → 93,967 → 71,471 → 5 From 11,874 to 43,457, the daily average is 54,741.
The number of new confirmed cases, which decreased during the Chuseok holiday (9-12 days), briefly surged as the number of diagnostic tests increased immediately after the holiday, but then turned to a declining trend.
On the 16th, the government said, “The spread, which temporarily increased in the aftermath of the Chuseok holiday, is drawing a downward curve.
It has shown that it is possible to respond without social distancing.”
Among the new confirmed cases, 280 were imported from abroad, 72 fewer than the previous day (352).
It has dropped from 300 to 200 in four days since the 13th.
There are 43,177 cases of local infection in Korea, excluding imported cases.
The number of new confirmed cases by region (including overseas inflows) is 11,609 in Gyeonggi, 7,659 in Seoul, 2,620 in Gyeongnam, 2,606 in Incheon, 2,515 in North Gyeongsang, 2,477 in Daegu, and 2,477 in Busan. 2,80 people, Chungnam 1,847, Jeonbuk 1,673, Chungbuk 1,553, Gangwon 1,490, Jeonnam 1,405, Daejeon 1,273, Gwangju 1,232, Ulsan 718 , Jeju 352, Sejong 327, and quarantine 21.
As of 00:00 on the same day, the number of patients with severe severe disease was 477, 39 fewer than the previous day (516).
The number of patients who died of COVID-19 the day before was 57, three fewer than the previous day (60).
All the deaths were in those over the age of 60.
37 people (64.9%) over 80 years old, 15 people in their 70s and 5 people in their 60s.
The cumulative death toll was 27,782, and the cumulative fatality rate was 0.11%.
As of 5 p.m. the previous day, the utilization rate of beds for severe cases was 27.8% (514 out of 1,846 used), 38.0% for semi-severe cases, and 24.6% for moderate cases.
As of 00:00 on the same day, the number of confirmed patients receiving at-home treatment was 336,776, an increase of 10,505 from the previous day (326,271).
As the re-invasion shows a clear decline, it is expected that the discussion towards an exit from the pandemic will begin in earnest.
Additional measures to ease quarantine are likely to be considered, such as the lifting of the indoor mask duty or quarantine duty for confirmed patients.
While Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO), said on the 14th (local time) that “the end of the COVID-19 pandemic is in sight”, Chung Ki-seok, chairman of the National Infectious Disease Crisis Response Advisory Committee, At a regular briefing, he suggested, “We should start discussing the transition from the emergency response system to the normal COVID-19 response system.”
/yunhap news