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Society
An Emergency:
The Halloween Aftermath Again
The daily number of newly
confirmed COVID-19 patients
again exceeded 100, marking the
fifth consecutive day in the triple
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digits. The central quarantine
task force of the Korea Center for Disease Control and Prevention said the number
of newly confirmed COVID-19 patients was tallied at 124 as of midnight on the 1st,
leading to a cumulative total of 26,635 people. According to the infection route of the
124 new confirmed cases, 101 people were reported to have been infected due to local
outbreaks and 23 people from oversea. It is the first time in three days that the number
of local infections has exceeded 100 since April 29th (106). In Seoul, 52 people were
reported to have been infected with COVID-19 on April 30th, with the daily number
exceeding 50 that month.
In addition to nursing facilities and medical institutions where patients are vulnerable
to COVID-19, there are a series of collective infections during everyday activities,
such as family and friendly gatherings, schools, workplaces, and saunas. With the
recent increase in the number of offline schooling, the number of collective infections
in schools has also been on the rise. Specifically, Seoul Arts High School in Jongno-
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