Over 200,000 units, 300,000 units in a week
Vote for confirmed and quarantined people from 6:30 pm to 7:30 pm
On the afternoon of the 8th, one day before the 20th Presidential Election, citizens are waiting in line to get PCR test at the Corona 19 screening test center in Independence Gate Square. According to local governments, including Seoul, the number of confirmed cases of COVID-19 in 17 cities and provinces across the country from 00:00 to 6pm on the same day totaled 263,523. 87,437 more than the 176,866 in the same time period the day before. yunhap news
The presidential election was held with the highest number of new COVID-19 cases in history.
According to the statistics of each local government, a total of 326,834 corona19 confirmed cases occurred in 17 cities and provinces across the country from 00:00 to 9pm on the 8th. On the 7th, the previous day, the number of people registered soared from 196,880 at the same time to 129,954, the highest number ever.
As of 00:00 on the 9th, the day of the presidential election, the number of new confirmed cases is expected to increase significantly more than this and record a record high.
It is the first time since the outbreak of Corona 19 that there were 300,000 new confirmed cases. The previous highest daily number of confirmed cases was 266,847 as of 00:00 on the 4th.
Jeong Jae-hoon, a professor of preventive medicine at Gachon University College of Medicine, said on Facebook the day before, “It seems that the peak of the trend will pass from the 9th to 2 weeks from the 9th with our team model.”
Voters who are confirmed or quarantined can participate in the main election today.
Those who have been confirmed or quarantined can vote from 6:00 PM to 7:30 PM after the general voter leaves the room on the same day. Since the number of confirmed cases has increased rapidly in one day, there is also a concern that the waiting time for confirmed and quarantined voters may be longer.
Confirmed and quarantined persons can go out from 5:50 p.m. to vote. People with reduced mobility who live in rural areas, etc. can go out from 5:30 pm.
Unlike early voting, in the main ballot, even those who have been confirmed or quarantined can directly put paper into the ballot box.
Confirmed/quarantined persons must show their identification card, along with a letter of outing guidance received from a public health center, a letter of confirmation/isolation notification, and a letter of isolation notice.
