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It was Tuesday three days ago that our health authorities told us of a new phase, and in those three days, the number of confirmed patients more than tripled to 107 and one person died. The government discussed last night's plan to raise the level of infectious disease crisis alerts to the highest level of alertness.

Reporter Kim Min-jung reports.

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Overnight, two more corona19 confirmed patients were added.

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 Jeju Navy who went to his Daegu hometown 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 at Cheongdo Daenam Hospital.

Yesterday, health officials later confirmed that they had been infected with Corona 19 after a post-mortem examination.

The death occurred only one month 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.

It has been reported that you have been in the mental ward of Qingdao University Hospital for over 20 years.

The man was recently treated for high fever, the health authorities explained.

Prime Minister Chung Se-kyun convened an emergency minister's meeting yesterday afternoon 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.