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cumulative number of corona19 worldwide has exceeded 8 million. In Beijing, where the mass infection continued for the first week, more than 20 confirmed people appeared yesterday (17th), and over 30,000 confirmed cases continued in Brazil for two consecutive days.

Reporter Kim Young-ah.

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spread of collective infection in Beijing, which began on the 11th, has not been dampened.

China's National Hygiene and Health Committee said yesterday that 21 new corona19 confirmed patients have arrived in Beijing.

The cumulative number of confirmed patients in Beijing increased to 158 in a week.

The city of Beijing has raised the level of Corona 19 response from level 3 to level 2, and has closed all schools.

We are focusing our efforts on preventing the spread by conducting nucleic acid tests for all of the traditional markets in Beijing as well as the new market.

In Brazil, the world's most rapidly expanding nation, more than 30,000 new confirmers have been held for two consecutive days.

More than 1,200 people died yesterday.

The spread of the Middle East is also strong. In Saudi Arabia, nearly 5,000 new confirmers were found yesterday.

This is the highest number since Corona 19 first appeared on March 2 in Saudi Arabia.

In Israel, where the number of confirmed patients is increasing again after stabilization, 288 new people were confirmed during the day yesterday.

As the number of confirmers continued in many parts of the world, the cumulative number of confirmers worldwide exceeded 8 million.