12:19 on February 29 in 2931 people infected with the new coronavirus in Korea

The Korean government announced on the morning of the 29th that the number of people infected with the new coronavirus increased by 594 from the 28th to reach 2931.

More than two-thirds of those infected are concentrated in the southern region of Daegu, where outbreaks have occurred in churches of emerging religions. In addition, the number of people who died increased by 3 to 16 people.

Some of the dead died while waiting to be hospitalized, and others were confirmed infected after death. The issue is how to proceed with the inspection.

According to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Korea, about 70 countries and regions have restricted entry from South Korea and strengthened procedures for entry in response to the increase in the number of infected people in the country. That is.