The number of confirmed cases of neoconavirus in South Korea surpassed 500 in a single day, authorities said, as of midnight on March 26, South Korea added 583 cases, which is the highest number of cases in a single day after nine months since March.
Authorities said that since March 6, the number of confirmed cases has never exceeded 500 in a single day. It was noted that nearly three percent of those diagnosed in the past month were young people between the ages of 20 and 39. South Korea is the first country outside of China to be hit by the massive outbreak of the Xiguang epidemic since the Wuhan outbreak.
South Korean authorities have warned that the country is now facing a third wave of the neo-crowning epidemic, and have implemented strict precautionary measures since last week in the face of a surge of confirmed cases in and around the capital, Seoul. Authorities say the new wave of the epidemic is likely to be more difficult to deal with than the previous one.
The Central News Agency quoted Yonhap News Agency as saying, “The number of confirmed cases exceeded 500 in the last day, just 18 days after the pandemic exceeded 100 cases on Nov. 8, the first head of the Central Disaster Safety Headquarters and Minister of Health and Welfare Park Ling-ho said today at a meeting of the Central Disaster Safety Headquarters.
According to Park, the significant increase in the number of confirmed cases is mainly due to the recent epidemic of epidemics from apartments and sauna centers, as well as the occurrence of more than 50 cases in tutorial classes and military training centers within 1 or 2 days.
The official also stressed that young people aged 20 to 39 years accounted for 28% of those diagnosed in the past month, with 19 of them becoming critically ill and requiring respirators, which is an unusual situation.
He said that the speed and magnitude of the pandemic indicate an urgent need for more thorough social distance regulation. Authorities will work with local governments today to take stock of the epidemic and the status of hospital beds and to formulate further preventive measures.
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