시사&소설

COVID19 cases are still increasing in Jeju since early May.

It had 7 cases(#996~1002) on May 27th, 13(#1003~1015) on the 28th, 8(#1016~1023) on the 29th, 7(#1024~1030) on the 30th, and 12(#1031~1042) on the last day of May.

It went on to 14(#1043~1056) on the first day of June, 12(#1057~1068) on the 2nd, 21(#1069~1089) on the 3rd, 22(#1090~1111) on the 4th, 19(#1112~1130) on the 5th, and 13(#1131~1143) on the 6th. It had 8 cases(#1144~1151) on the 6th, which is the first time to have the number under 10 in the new month.

According to Jeju, the total cases in Jeju summed up to 1,042 as of June 1st at 11:00 am. It had cases every day in May, which got 328 tested postive. This surpassed 87 cases in April by 241 more, which is 3.8 times. This means May portioned 52.8% of the year-to-date number of 621.

It was the second that had more than 300 cases in a month after December which had the 3rd epidemic since the first case on February 21st last year.

Jeju analyzed that May 'the month of family' made people contact more in families and groups and led them to bigger numbers of COVID19 positive. The relevant proofs are that small collective infection in family, schools, and daily lives.

In May, 15 days had more than 10 cases in a day. This means 10.6 people every day. The worst was 26.

Out of 328 new cases in May, 302(92%) were Jeju residents. 225(68.6%) were chased to have been infected by contacting other patients. This was different from April when 71.2%(62 pax) got contracted after visiting other region, meeting people who tested positive later, or traveling from abroad.

■ Herd infection has contributed the big increase since the varsity athletes on May 3rd, to public places like singing rooms, and to private zones like schools, companies, etc.

Family gathering and wedding reception parties became the spreader of the coronavirus since the mid May.

149 people, 45.4% of the whole cases in May, are by cluster infection. 66 of them are from the varsity group, which is the biggest. 24 are from companies and wedding receptions, 14 from a family reunion, 12 from restaurants, 12 from public baths, 9 from friend-gatherings, 7 from a company in Seogwipo city, and 5 from a clan gathering.

■ The R0, or reproduction numbers, that means how many infections a confirmed person bring out, rose up to 2.28 in May, but it got down to 0.98 now.

It changed as 1.13(4.27~5.3) → 2.28(5.4~10) → 0.90(5.11~17) → 0.98(5.18~24) → 0.98(5.25~31) in Jeju.