There are 15 more new corona19 in Korea and 46 in all.

Of the 15 additional confirmed patients today (19th), two came from the metropolitan area and 13 from Daegu and Gyeongbuk.

Eleven of the 13 confirmed patients in Daegu and Gyeongbuk were contacted with 31 patients added yesterday.

Ten people are members of the church of Xintiandi, the same as Patient 31, and one is known to be a new Oriental hospital staff member who was admitted to Patient 31.

Epidemiologic investigations are underway to see if the other 2 are associated with Patient 31.

The Central Defense Response Headquarters sent a special task force to the Daegu area, saying it is in emergency response with Daegu City.

A 78-year-old male confirmor came from Seongdong-gu, Seoul.

Seong Dong-gu, head of the office, said on SNS that the man had visited Hanyang University Hospital due to high fever.

This patient is also known to have no overseas travel or confirmed contact.

This confirmation is being treated in isolation from the National Medical Center.

For the first time in Korea, a teenage patient came out.

An 11-year-old child, who was self-isolating as the daughter of patient 20, was confirmed as a result of corona 19 symptoms.

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