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Let's measure the number of patients. As of today (13th) 00:00, the cumulative number of confirmed patients in Korea is 7,979. Yesterday, 11 had additional confirmed cases per day, and 177 people were released from quarantine. It is the first time that more people have been cured than new patients per day.

By region, the increase in Daegu and Gyeongbuk has slightly decreased, but still approaches 89%. Prime Minister Jung Se-gyun said he will soon propose to the president a plan to proclaim Daegu and Gyeongbuk as special disaster zones.

In the midst of this, 18 patients and staff from a hospital in Daegu were confirmed late. Daegu City is investigating whether it is related to the members of Shincheonji.

Reporter Son Hyeong-an.

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This is a K node hospital located in Buk-gu, Daegu.

There is a placard on the entrance door to close the hospital with Corona 19.

Some patients turned to the hospital and then turned.

[Patients visiting hospitals: I'm looking into the hospital because I can't treat it, so I want to do it again. Here, a member of Shincheon came to K node hospital.

Since the 22nd of last month, the hospital has been confirmed by 18 patients, including 9 patients, 7 employees, and 2 employees' families.

[Health officials: (the first confirmed person) came out on the 22nd, came out on the 26th, came out on the 28th, so these people reported it to the health center on the 28th.]

This hospital has been temporarily closed as of yesterday.

Daegu City has now launched an epidemiologic investigation of confirmed patients.

In particular, Daegu City confirmed that a Shinchonji church member who had died of Corona 19 last month went to the hospital outpatiently, and is investigating the connection between the group infection and Shincheonji.

At the detention center in Daegu, one prison guard on the 7th and 4 cooks on the 10th and 11th were confirmed.

Mayor Kwon Young-jin said that the opening of school is early on the 23rd, if only Daegu is limited, he asked the city office of education to delay the opening of elementary, middle, and high schools.

(Video coverage: Taehoon Kim, Video editing: Jongwoo Kim)