Authorities: "400-Level Confirmed Cases Are Initially Positive... Need to Monitor This Week's Situation" (Update)

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[Asia Economy Reporters Seo So-jeong, Choi Dae-yeol] The quarantine authorities have stated that it is still too early to determine the spread of the novel coronavirus infection (COVID-19). For now, the weekday new confirmed cases in the 400s, following the weekend when diagnostic testing decreased, are judged to indicate that social distancing measures have shown some effect.

Son Young-rae, head of the Strategic Planning Division at the Central Disaster and Safety Countermeasures Headquarters, said during a back briefing with reporters on the 1st, "The daily new confirmed cases, which had been recording over 500, are now showing a trend of decreasing to the 400s," adding, "It is still too early to determine whether the spread is declining or not."

Son said, "The trend of daily new confirmed cases decreasing from over 500 to the 400s is positive," and added, "Since the number of diagnostic tests decreased over the past weekend, we need to monitor the situation further until tomorrow, the day after tomorrow, and the day after that."

According to the Central Disease Control Headquarters, as of 0:00 on the 1st, the number of new confirmed cases was 451. Among them, 420 are estimated to be domestic community infections, and 31 are imported cases. The number of patients undergoing isolation treatment increased by nearly 200 from the previous day, reaching 6,241.

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