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Corona 19, which started with churches in the metropolitan area, has now spread to 14 cities and roads nationwide. The number of confirmed cases increased by nearly 300 per day, recording three digits for six consecutive days. This is similar to the level of early March, when there were many confirmed cases in Daegu and Gyeongbuk every day. More than half of the additional confirmed cases were found to be infected through Sarangjeil Church in Seoul. The quarantine authorities warned that in the metropolitan area, infection could occur anytime, anywhere.

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Among the new confirmed cases, 252 or 89% of the infections in Seoul, Gyeonggi, and Incheon were infected.

There are a lot of confirmed cases of Sarang First Church.

156 people have increased in the metropolitan area, including 111 in Seoul and 41 in Gyeonggi, and 10 in Busan, Daegu, Daejeon, Gangwon, Chungnam, and Jeollanam-do, cumulative confirmation of 623, and spreading across the country.

The quarantine authorities have determined that it is a crisis situation that can be infected anytime, anywhere in the metropolitan area.

[Kim Kang-rip / Deputy Minister of Health and Welfare: Please stay at home except for essential outings. In the case of the metropolitan area, there is a risk of being infected with Corona 19 anytime, anywhere.]

Regarding the Liberation Day rally held in Gwanghwamun,
13 new cases have been confirmed, including 5 in the metropolitan areas such as Seoul and Gyeonggi, and 2 in each of Busan and Gyeongbuk. .

The quarantine authorities stressed that if you attended the rally, you should be tested with or without symptoms.

Paju Starbucks' infection increased to 56 with an additional 6 people, and the number of confirmed cases also increased at Yoido Full Gospel Church and Yongin Woori First Church.

[Sae-gyun Jeong/Prime Minister: Some people have an opinion that social distancing should be raised to three levels. However, the current situation does not yet fall under the 3rd stage requirement.]

It is pointed out that it is urgent to stop the spreading trend as it has a big impact on the lives of the people, such as banning meetings of 10 or more people if distance distancing is raised to 3rd stage.

(Video editing: Park player, CG: Jang Seong-beom, Seo Seung-hyun)