Jeong Eun-kyung "Daily COVID-19 Cases Expected to Reach 600-700 Next Week" (Update)

[Image source=Yonhap News]

[Asia Economy Reporter Seo So-jeong] The quarantine authorities have forecasted that the daily confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus infection (COVID-19) will reach between 600 and 700 next week.

Jung Eun-kyung, head of the Central Disease Control Headquarters, stated at the regular briefing on the 11th, "The infection reproduction number dropped to about 1.0 last week, and the estimate for this week is 0.88, which is below 1, indicating an encouraging situation."

Director Jung said, "If the current trend continues, based on the figure of 0.88, it is estimated that about 600 to 700 daily confirmed cases will occur in one week."

She added, "If a large-scale cluster outbreak occurs in the meantime, the fluctuation in the number of patients can be quite significant, so there are limitations in predicting the number of patients solely based on the infection reproduction number."

This content was produced with the assistance of AI translation services.