– From 0:00 to 6:00 pm on the 11th, the first day of the Lunar New Year holiday, 323 new cases of coronavirus infection (Corona 19) nationwide were confirmed. It is 70 fewer than the 393 total at the same time the day before.
According to the quarantine authorities and local governments, 254 people in the metropolitan area and 69 people in the non-metropolitan area were positive.
By province, Seoul 125, Gyeonggi 88, Incheon 41, Busan 19, Chungnam 11, Daegu 9, Chungbuk 6, Gangwon-Gyeongnam 5 each, Gwangju/Jeju 4, Gyeongbuk 3, Jeonbuk Daejeon and Jeonnam are each one. Out of 17 cities and provinces nationwide, there have been no confirmed cases in Ulsan and Sejong.
As a major infection case, nine additional people were related to the Seungri Altar facility and Ohjeong Ability Training Academy in Bucheon, Gyeonggi Province. As of 4 PM, the cumulative number of infections here is 105. In addition, the number of confirmed cases related to the Pacific Ballroom and Tokyo Restaurant in Juyeop-dong, Ilsan, Seo-gu, Goyang-si, Gyeonggi-do increased by 18, to a cumulative 46.
The number of new confirmed cases to be announced as of 0:00 on the 12th is expected to increase further, reaching the late 300 level or the early 400 level.
Reporter Juhee Hong [email protected]
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