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Four new patients with new coronavirus were identified today (six days). The number of confirmed patients in Korea increased to 23, including one discharged.

Reporter Kim Hye-min.

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Three out of four new coronavirus confirmors have been contacted or family members of the confirmator.

The 20th confirmed patient is a 41-year-old Korean woman who is the 15th patient's family.

The test, which was carried out during self-containment on May 5, was confirmed as positive and is now contained in the National Guard Capital Hospital.

The 21st patient, a 59-year-old Korean woman, was admitted to Seoul National University Hospital isolation hospital as the contact of the 6th patient.

The 22nd patient is a 46 year old Korean male who is the 16th confirmed family.

It was in self-containment, and it was confirmed to be positive by the tests conducted on that day and was quarantined at Chosun University Hospital.

Another was reported to be a Chinese woman who entered the country for tourism.

The 58th-year-old Chinese woman, the 23rd patient, entered the country on a tour last month and was tested and tested positive for fever.

The health authorities are conducting epidemiological investigations on newly confirmed patients.