On the afternoon of the 28th, when the number of new corona19 patients approached 4,000, citizens wait to be tested for the new coronavirus infection (COVID-19) in front of a temporary screening clinic installed in Seoul Plaza. As of 00:00 on the same day, the Central Quarantine Countermeasures Headquarters announced that there were 3,928 new confirmed cases, bringing the total number of confirmed cases to 448,896. /Photo = Yonhap News
As it has been a month since the implementation of the ‘step-by-step recovery’, the spread of COVID-19 continues.
According to the quarantine authorities and each local government, including the Seoul Metropolitan Government, a total of 2,776 new cases of COVID-19 were confirmed nationwide from 00:00 to 9pm on the same day. The total number of confirmed cases in 16 cities and provinces excluding Busan.
A total of 3,184 confirmed cases were confirmed in 16 cities and provinces at the same time the previous day, 408 fewer than the previous day, and 308 more than the 2,468 cases that occurred at the same time on the 21st a week ago.
By province, Seoul 1256, Gyeonggi 694, Incheon 233, Daegu 88, Gyeongnam 83, Gyeongbuk 68, Gwangju 61, Chungnam 53, Gangwon 52, Jeju 48, Daejeon 43, Jeonbuk 39, 29 in Chungbuk, 23 in Jeonnam, 4 in Sejong, and 2 in Ulsan. In the metropolitan area alone, there were 2,183 and non-metropolitan areas 593.
Originally, when the number of tests decreased over weekends and holidays, the number of confirmed cases showed a tendency to decrease until the beginning of the week. However, the overall spread has not stopped.
It is predicted that the number of new confirmed cases will reach the mid-3,000s as of 00:00 on the 29th if the daily number of confirmed cases is added up to midnight.
Kim So-yeon, reporter at Hankyung.com sue123@hankyung.com
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