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During the day yesterday (4 days), 81 additional corona19 patients were diagnosed and the total number of confirmed patients was 1,237. While sporadic infections continued throughout the country, a second confirmed case emerged at Seoul Asan Hospital where a 9-year-old child was confirmed.

Reporter Kim Hyeong-rae on the sidewalk.

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The number of corona19 patients in Korea increased to 1,237 people, adding 81 people during the day yesterday.

About half of the new confirmed people were from overseas, and 24 of them were confirmed in the immigration process.

By region, 24 people, about 30% of new confirmed patients, were born in Seoul, followed by cases of confirmation in the metropolitan area including 10 Gyeonggi and 2 Incheon.

In Daegu and Gyeongbuk, 7 and 4 people were confirmed.

Domestic Corona 19 deaths were counted at 183 as of 0 am, afterwards, increasing to 184 with the death of 80s in Daegu.

Meanwhile, a second confirmed case occurred at the Seoul Asan Hospital, where a 9-year-old child who was hospitalized was confirmed.

The new confirmed patient was the mother of a 22-year-old newborn baby who was hospitalized in the same room as a 9-year-old child.

The son and husband of the second confirmed patient were both confirmed negative.