Original title: The number of newly confirmed cases in South Korea in a single day hits a record and is expected to continue to rise in the short term Source: China News Service
China News Agency, Seoul, September 24 (Reporter Liu Xu) The South Korean Central Anti-epidemic Countermeasures Headquarters reported on the 24th local time that as of 0:00 that day, South Korea had added 2434 new cases of new coronary pneumonia compared to 0:00 the previous day, with a total of 295,132 confirmed cases. The number of new cases in a single day increased by 719 compared with the previous day, setting a record for the highest number of newly confirmed cases in a single day in South Korea after a lapse of 44 days. Officials predict that this number will continue to rise in the short term.
The fourth wave of the epidemic in South Korea has lasted for nearly three months, but there are no signs of slowing down. Data show that the number of newly confirmed cases in a single day in South Korea has remained at four digits for 80 consecutive days since July 7. Among the newly confirmed cases in the past four weeks, the proportion of cases with unknown infection routes has continued to rise and has approached 40%. The proportion of community infection cases outside the capital has also risen to more than 25%.
According to South Korean official forecasts, as the number of people returning to the city for nucleic acid testing after the holiday increases, the number of confirmed cases will further increase next week, and the number of confirmed cases in non-capital areas is also likely to increase. The impact of the large population migration during the holiday period on the epidemic It will be fully revealed, and there may be a nationwide spread. Some experts predict that there may be more than 3,000 new cases in a single day.
South Korean Prime Minister Kim Fuqian said on the 24th that the spread of the epidemic is alarming, and it is regrettable that it has not been prevented in advance. If the epidemic prevention work is not effective, the implementation of the phased restoration of the daily plan will inevitably be delayed. Sun Yinglai, head of the social strategy team of the South Korean Central Emergency Response Headquarters, will release the social distancing response rating plan that will be released next week on the same day. He said that he will observe and analyze the epidemic trend, and will comprehensively consider the incidence of critical illness and the fatality rate, and finally finalize it. Anti-epidemic response adjustment plan.
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