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So far, the cumulative number of confirmed patients is 8,799. All 104 people died. In one day, the growth rate rose again to three digits. Of the 147 new confirmers, 109 were from Daegu and Gyeongbuk. The reason seems to be that a series of infections are taking place in nursing homes in Daegu and Gyeongbuk. As a result, there were more than 200 confirmed patients from nursing facilities in Daegu and Gyeongbuk, and 35 were confirmed at nursing homes in Gyeongsan, Gyeongbuk.

This is a report from reporter Jongwoong Lee of TBC.

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Daegu Daesil Nursing Hospital.

There are many elderly patients with underlying diseases such as high blood pressure, and most of them are carried down to bed and taken to an ambulance.

Whenever the patient comes down, the children may not leave the hospital in case they are their parents.

Lee Yeong-ae, who once visited her 91-year-old mother after the New Year's Day, was not able to visit because of the corona incident, and the news broke down that she was eventually infected.

In particular, guardians who had patients who had to go to Wonju Medical Center in Gangwon-do, not a hospital in Daegu or Gyeongbuk, were worried that an emergency would come on the way.

[Ju Byung-ok / Patients of the patient: I'm glad I saw the last face, but it's too old, so it hurts me to try to go far.]

One day, 50 patients and 2 workers were infected at Daesil Nursing Hospital in Daegu and 27 patients and 8 workers were also infected at Gyeongsan Seoyang Hospital.

So far, more than 200 confirmed cases have occurred in nursing homes in Daegu and Gyeongbuk.

Daegu City requested to secure special beds for them in cities and provinces across the country, as prosecutors poured out from nursing homes.

Daegu City has completed nearly 90% of the diagnostic tests for patients and workers in social facilities, such as social welfare facilities, and will complete the entire nursing hospital survey today (21st).

(Video coverage: Choi Sang Bo TBC)