[사회]1,046 new patients with Corona 19… to 1,000 again in three days

[앵커]

The number of new corona19 confirmed cases surpassed 1,000 again in three days.

Special quarantine measures are being implemented during the year-end and New Year’s holidays, but there is still no significant decrease in confirmed cases.

The death toll increased by 40 in one day.

We will try to find out more by connecting reporters. Reporter Shin Hyun-jun!

In the aftermath of the Christmas holiday, the number of new patients, which had decreased to 800, has increased again, right?

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As of 0 o’clock today, there were 1,046 new cases in total.

238 people increased from the previous day.

It fell to the 800 level due to the decrease in the number of inspections during the Christmas holiday, and then rose to the 1,000 level again after three days.

The impact of 233 additional confirmed cases in Seoul’s eastern detention center is large, but the trend seems to remain to be observed.

When looking at the route of infection, there were 1,030 domestic outbreaks and 16 foreign inflows.

There are still many infected people in the metropolitan area.

Seoul 519, Gyeonggi 251, and Incheon 32, with 802 new patients.

In the non-capital area, new patients came from 17 cities and provinces nationwide, including 30 in Daejeon, 29 in Daegu, 28 in Gyeongbuk, 27 in Chungnam, 22 in Chungbuk, and 21 in Gangwon.

Of the 16 confirmed foreign inflows, 5 were confirmed during the quarantine stage.

The total number of additional deaths was 40, with the cumulative death toll of 859.

The number of patients with severe gastric disorders also increased by 35 to 330.

In the meantime, a total of 48,000 tests were conducted at the temporary screening test in the metropolitan area yesterday, finding 119 hidden infections.

The government has decided to extend the operation of the temporary screening audit office by another two weeks.

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You said Prime Minister Jeong Sye-gyun expressed regret for the collective infection of the Seoul East Detention Center?

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Yes, Prime Minister Chung said at today’s company headquarters meeting that it was regrettable that this happened in a correctional facility directly managed by the government in connection with the collective infection of the Eastern Detention Center.

In addition, the possibility of further spread to the community is low due to the majority of prisoners.

In addition, the spread of a mutant virus, which is known to have a much stronger transmission power in relation to the mutant virus from the UK, will act as a heavy burden on the quarantine system.

He ordered the quarantine system to be carefully checked and supplemented to prevent the influx of mutant viruses from dangerous countries.

In this regard, the transcript said in a back briefing a while ago that only three patients had been confirmed mutated, and that no virus was found in the rest of the passengers.

Another family from the UK, who was suspected of having a mutant virus, explained that they are analyzing the entire genome and that there is little possibility of spreading the virus to the community by catching the British mutant virus from the quarantine network.

YTN Shin Hyun-joon at Ministry of Social Affairs[[email protected]]is.

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