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It was Tuesday three days ago that our health authorities mentioned the new phase, and in three days the number of confirmed patients, which had been 31, tripled to 107, resulting in one death. Two more people were confirmed during the night, a man in Gwangju who went to Daegu Sincheonji Church and a Navy soldier on a vacation to Daegu. The government is considering raising the level of crisis alerts from the "border" to the "severe" level.

First news, reporter Kim Min-jung reports.

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Overnight, two more coroners were confirmed.

A 31-year-old man who attended the Daegu Shinchonji Church service, where Corona 19 was onset, was confirmed in Gwangju last night, and a 22-year-old soldier from the Jeju Naval Force who went to his home in Daegu on vacation was positive for both tests.

For the first time in Korea, there were also deaths of Corona19. He is a 63-year-old man who died of pneumonia at dawn in Daenam Hospital, Qingdao, Gyeongbuk.

Health officials did a late diagnosis yesterday and confirmed late that they were infected with Corona 19.

The death occurred only 20 months after the first confirmed person was released in Korea on the 20th of last month.

The dead man does not have an ointment and is known to have had schizophrenia since childhood.

Qingdao Daenam Hospital has been admitted to the mental ward for more than 20 years. The man was recently treated for high fever, health officials explained.

Prime Minister Chung Se-kyun convened an emergency ministers' meeting yesterday (20th) and discussed ways to raise the level of crisis alert, which is currently in "border," to a "severe" level.

Mr. Chung will discuss additional measures at the Central Accident Resolution Headquarters meeting this morning and report it to President Moon Jae-in.