The Ministry of Education recommended that private academies switch to distance learning as the summer vacation began amid the spread of COVID-19. It is recommended to refrain from hands-on experiences, games, and field trips hosted by the academy, while also promoting quarantine inspections with the academy group. The photo shows an academy in Mapo-gu, Seoul on the 28th. [사진=연합뉴스]
The ‘doubling’ (the phenomenon in which the number of confirmed cases doubles compared to a week ago) has slowed somewhat due to the COVID-19 resurgence.
According to the Seoul Metropolitan Government, the number of confirmed COVID-19 cases nationwide by 9 pm on the 28th was 83,140. This is a decrease of 2,394 people from the same time period the previous day (85,534 people), 1.25 times the number of people on the 21st (66,491 people) a week ago.
As there is still time until midnight, when the counting ends, the number of new confirmed cases is expected to increase slightly. As of 9 p.m., 43,148 (51.9%) were confirmed in the metropolitan area and 39,992 (48.1%) in non-metropolitan areas.
By region, Gyeonggi 23,470, Seoul 17,517, Gyeongnam 4447, Incheon 4347, Gyeongbuk 3796, Chungnam 3714, Daegu 3101, Jeonbuk 2921, Gangwon 2775, Busan 2765, Chungbuk 2577, Daejeon 2557, Gwangju 2381, Jeonnam 2366, Ulsan 2161, Jeju 1613, and Sejong 632.
As the increase in the number of confirmed cases has slowed slightly this week, it is predicted that the peak of the summer resurgence may be reached earlier than expected, and the size may be smaller than the previous estimate.
Jeong Jae-hoon, a professor of preventive medicine at Gachon University College of Medicine, said at a briefing session hosted by the Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (KCDC) on the same day, “What experts predicted two to three weeks ago was a prediction that was close to the worst-case scenario.” “I think that it is difficult to reach the average of 300,000 people expected by experts when combining various evidences,” he said.
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