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The increase in corona19 confirmers has slowed slightly, but the number of confirmers is increasing again due to the outbreak of the Guro call center in Seoul. Corona19 confirmed more than 242 people were added yesterday.

Reported by Park Chan-bum.

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The cumulative number of corona19 confirmed patients nationwide is 7,755 as of today at 11 am.

Additional confirmations by region are 131 in Daegu, 52 in Seoul, and 12 in Incheon and Gyeonggi.

The cumulative number of confirmed patients in Seoul was 193, but only 52 people a day yesterday were the result of a mass outbreak at the Guro Call Center.

The Seoul Metropolitan Government said that as of 10:00 am, there were 93 confirmed call center related centers in the metropolitan area.

Call center confirmers were classified into 65 people in Seoul, 13 in Gyeonggi, and 15 in Incheon, depending on where they live.

The number of deaths in Corona 19 has increased to 61, with one additional Daegu death to 60 people announced by 0 am today.

The 61st death was a 79-year-old woman who had high blood pressure and dementia.

On August 8, she was admitted to Kyungpook National University Hospital due to fever and died while receiving corona19 confirmation and treatment.

Daegu has the most cumulative confirmation by region, with 5,794, followed by Gyeongbuk 1,135, Seoul 193, Gyeonggi 175, and Chungnam 112.

The number of patients released from quarantine increased by 41 from yesterday to 288.

More than 18,000 Corona19 diagnostic tests are in progress.