1,49 cases of severe illness and 62 deaths despite a decrease in new cases
The number of Omicron infections increased by 220, a cumulative total of 1,114… Third vaccination rate 35.9%
On the 1st day of 2022, the first day of the first day of the enforcement of the strengthened social distancing, the number of new confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Korea was in the early to mid 4,000 range.
The number of patients with severe severe disease remained in the 1,000 range for 12 consecutive days, and the cumulative number of infected with Omicron, a new mutant virus of COVID-19, exceeded 1,000.
The Central Defense Countermeasures Headquarters (Bangdaebon) announced that as of 00:00 on the same day, there were 4,416 new confirmed cases of COVID-19, bringing the total number of confirmed cases to 635,253.
The number of new confirmed cases on that day was 459 fewer than the previous day’s 4,875, and continued at the 4,000 level for two days in a row.
Compared to the 5,840 people on the 25th a week ago, 1,424 people decreased, confirming the overall decrease in the number of confirmed cases.
The government is evaluating that as a result of implementing measures to strengthen quarantine since the beginning of last month, the spread of COVID-19 has turned to a decreasing trend.
From the 18th of last month, reinforced social distancing was enforced, limiting the number of private gatherings to 4 people and limiting the business hours of restaurants and cafes to 9 pm. did with
Last month, as the third dose of vaccination was intensively administered to the elderly over the age of 60, the proportion of confirmed cases among the elderly has decreased, but there are still many cases of severe cases and deaths.
On this day, the number of patients with severe serious illness was 1,049, a decrease of 7 from the previous day (1,056), but recorded around 1,000 for 12 days in a row.
From the 21st, 1,022 → 1,63 → 1,83 → 1,84 → 1,105 → 1,81 → 1,78 → 1,102 → 1,000 151 → 1,145 → 1,56 → 1,49, up and down from 1,000 on the 12th day.
The death toll stood at 62, bringing the total to 5,625.
The number of fatalities decreased by 46 from 108 the previous day, but the cumulative fatality rate rose from 0.88% the previous day to 0.89%.
In Korea, the number of infected with the Omicron mutant virus increased by 220 in one day.
The number of cumulative omicron mutation infections rose to 1,114, rising to the 1,000 level.
Of the new omicron mutations, 126 were domestic (local) and the remaining 94 were imported.
In a situation where it is presumed that Omicron infection has already spread to the community, since the 30th of last month, PCR (genome amplification) reagents that can quickly identify Omicron mutations in 3 to 4 hours have been used, increasing the number of tests and dramatically increasing the number of confirmed cases. increased.
According to the route of infection, there were 4,310 local cases and 106 imported cases.
The number of local confirmed cases was 1,429 in Seoul, 1,359 in Gyeonggi, and 293 in Incheon, with a total of 3,27 people (70.2%) in the metropolitan area.
In non-metropolitan areas, Busan 210, Gyeongnam 162, Chungnam 136, Daegu 125, Gyeongbuk 114, Chungbuk 103, Gwangju 91, Jeonbuk 84, Daejeon 64, Gangwon 59, Ulsan 50, Jeonnam 47 , Jeju 22, Sejong 16, and a total of 1,283 (29.8%).
The number of imported cases was 106, down 11 from the previous day (117).
Combining regional outbreaks and overseas inflows (excluding quarantine), the total number is 3,96 in the metropolitan area alone, including 1,464 in Seoul, 1,391 in Gyeonggi, and 241 in Incheon.
There were confirmed cases in all 17 cities and provinces across the country.
For one week from the 26th, there were 5,416 → 4,205 → 3,865 → 5,408 → 5,35 → 4,875 → 4,416, an average of about 4,746 per day. is a person
On the previous day, the number of tests for suspected patients at the screening clinic was 55,50, and the number of tests at the temporary screening center was 167,12, for a total of 222,62 tests.
On the other hand, the completion rate of domestic COVID-19 vaccination was 83.0% (cumulative 42,94,940 people) as of 00:00 on the same day, and 35.9% (18,411,821 people) of the total population completed the third vaccination.
/yunhap news