코로나19 신규 확진 266명 중 수도권 202명•••세자릿수 11일간 누적 3천명 육박<br /><br />South Korea reported two-hundred-66 new COVID-19 cases on Monday.<br />This is the eleventh straight day the country has reported increases in the triple digits.<br />During that period, in total, there have been nearly three thousand.<br />Choi Jeong-yoon has more.<br />South Korea continues to see a surge in COVID-19 infections,... on Monday reporting 266 new cases.<br />Though it's a decrease from the three-hundred or more seen on each of the last three days,... the daily increase has been in the triple digits for eleven days in a row.<br />During that period, the total number of cases has reached almost 3-thousand.<br />"The infections right now are centered on the area near Seoul, but they're spreading nationwide through churches, gatherings, door-to-door sales as well as restaurants, cafes and workplaces."<br />Out of 258 local transmissions on Monday, more than two-hundred were in or near the capital.<br />Seoul on Monday saw 97 cases,... the most of any region.<br />Next highest was Gyeonggi-do Province with 84, while the city of Incheon reported twenty cases.<br />Among the cases in Seoul, about 37 percent had no clear origin.<br />That compares to about 22 percent in the past week... and at some points prior to the surge, almost none.<br />As for when it ends, the investment bank JP Morgan is predicting that this new wave will lead to around 7-thousand new cases,... reaching a peak at the end of this month before subsiding by early November.<br />By the end of the year, that would be a total of around 25-thousand.<br />A former director of KCDC says that's a realistic scenario.<br />"Seven thousand more cases by the end of the year is plausible. After autumn, there could be a sharp rise in the number of people with respiratory infections like cold and flu. That will make quarantine harder because they'll be mixed up with COVID-19 patients."<br />The report said the resurgence of cases is largely due to the easing of social distancing this summer as well as the mass resumption of economic activity.<br />Choi Jeong-yoon, Arirang News.<br />
