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[속보]2,080 new confirmed cases, 2,000 in 6 days… Highest in metropolitan area history

There were 2,080 new confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus infection (COVID-19) in Korea.

According to the Central Countermeasures Headquarters of the Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on the 15th, as of 00:00 on that day, there were 2,057 new confirmed cases in Korea and 23 cases imported from abroad. The total number of cumulative confirmed cases was 277,989.

The total number of tests was 48,863 people who reported suspicion, 85,121 cases (513 confirmed cases) at temporary screening centers in the metropolitan area, and 11,447 cases (33 cases confirmed) at temporary screening centers in non-metropolitan areas. is 145,431 cases.

By region, the number of new confirmed cases in Korea was 804 in Seoul, 40 in Busan, 27 in Daegu, 164 in Incheon, 36 in Gwangju, 37 in Daejeon, 31 in Ulsan, 8 in Sejong, 688 in Gyeonggi, 29 in Gangwon, and 37 in North Chungcheong Province. , Chungnam 80, Jeonbuk 16, Jeonnam 5, Gyeongbuk 21, Gyeongnam 28, Jeju 6, etc. name, etc. Among them, 7 are Koreans and 16 are foreigners. The number of COVID-19 quarantine patients decreased by 119 to 25,776, and the number of patients with severe cases increased by 10 to 350. The number of patients released from quarantine is 249,833, an additional 2186. The death toll is 13, bringing the total number of deaths to 2,380.

On the other hand, as of the same day, 599,970 people received the first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine, resulting in a cumulative total of 34,582,174 (67.3% of the population), and 223,890 of the second inoculated, totaling 20,71283 (relative to the population) The inoculation rate is 40.3%).

Reporter Dugaon Donga.com gggah@donga.com

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