This is the 8821st most frequent Korean word.
감염자
Infected person.
Here, '감염자' refers to individuals who have been infected, emphasizing the growing count of such people.
병원에서는 감염자가 증가하고 있습니다.
The hospital is seeing an increase in the number of infected people.
In this usage, '감염자' specifically denotes individuals infected with the COVID-19 virus, providing a narrowed context.
이 지역에서 코로나19 감염자가 많이 발견되었다.
In this region, many COVID-19 infected individuals have been identified.
The term '감염자' here is broadly applied to individuals who are subject to infection monitoring by the tracking system.