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I hope not, but it is expected that the number of domestic Corona19 patients will exceed 1,000 today (26th). There were 977 people until yesterday, but more than 10,000 are still waiting for the test results. Now, the number of patients is increasing steadily outside Daegu and Gyeongbuk. Severe patients are on the rise, with three more deaths yesterday.

Reporter Park Chan-bum reports.

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Corona19 The ninth death toll in Korea is a 69-year-old woman.

I was admitted to Chilgok Kyungpook National University Hospital due to bloating on the 23rd. My breathing suddenly worsened and died yesterday.

After his death, he was positive for Corona19 and confirmed that he had contacted the Shincheonji Daegu Church Confirmer.

The tenth death was a 58-year-old male who was admitted to Qingdao University Hospital.

It is not yet confirmed whether you have a disease.

The 11th death toll is Mongolia, the first foreign death in Korea.

Although he is 35 years old and relatively young, he has been reported to have chronic diseases such as chronic liver disease and kidney failure.

Corona19 cumulative confirmation of 977 patients as of 4 pm yesterday.

Over 144 people were added over a day yesterday, reaching nearly 1,000.

The number of patients in Daegu and Gyeongbuk was 791, accounting for 80% of the total, and 82 in Seoul and Gyeonggi, and 66 in Busan and Gyeongnam.

[Eun-Kyung Chung / Head of Disease Control Division: Many people with suspicious symptoms can concentrate their tests in the community in the short term so that the number of confirmed patients will increase significantly for the time being.]

The number of severe patients is increasing.

About 18 people, including those with mechanical breathing, are classified as severe.

More than 13,000 corona19 diagnostic tests were in progress yesterday afternoon, and no additional patients were discharged.