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As the number of corona19 patients in Korea increased by 114 people a day yesterday (11th), the cumulative number of confirmed patients exceeded 7,800. The number of fatalities increased by seven, the first in the metropolitan area.

Reporter Kim Hyeong-rae.

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The cumulative number of corona19 patients nationwide is 7,869 at 0am today.

114 people increased in one day yesterday.

By region, there were 73 additional participants in Daegu, 19 in Seoul, and 3 in Gyeonggi.

The cumulative number of confirmed patients in Seoul exceeded 200 for the first time.

The Seoul Metropolitan Government said that there were 102 confirmed people in the metropolitan area at 10 am today.

The call center confirmers were classified into 71 in Seoul, 14 in Gyeonggi, and 17 in Incheon, depending on where they live.

The number of deaths in Corona 19 increased to 67, with one more confirmed by the government at 66 o'clock today.

The 67th dead man was in his 80s and was diagnosed with lung cancer in October last year and was admitted to Bundang Jesaeng Hospital.

After being confirmed corona19 on the 5th, he was transferred to Myeongji Hospital and died while receiving oxygen therapy.

This is the first time that Korean deaths have occurred in the metropolitan area.

The cumulative number of confirmers by region was 5,867 in Daegu, and 212 in Seoul, 178 in Gyeonggi, and 25 in Incheon, respectively.

The number of patients in quarantine was increased to 45 and 333.

There are more than 17,000 corona19 diagnostic tests in progress.