The outbreak of corona19 in the metropolitan area is spreading rapidly, causing secondary and tertiary infections.

In particular, it has been confirmed that the collective infection that started at the Richway, a health product visiting and selling company in Gwanak-gu, Seoul, has spread to at least 8 places including Chinese National Church Shelters, Language Centers, Call Centers, and Churches.

The Central Quarantine Countermeasures Headquarters (Bangbang) said today that the total number of confirmed cases related to Richway was 139 as of 12:00 noon.

Compared to the statistics released at the same time yesterday, 23 people were added every day.

The collective infections that started in Richway have spread to churches and businesses.

Specifically, 20 people were confirmed at Myeongseong Housing in Gangnam-gu, Seoul, and 11 infected people came from NBS Partners, another door-to-door sales company in Seongnam-si, Gyeonggi-do.

In addition, there were many contributors to the Church, including 9 of Jesus' Practical Churches, 8 of Jesus' Vision Church, and 8 of the Korean National Church's shelter.

Due to the nature of the business selling health care products to the elderly, the proportion of elderly patients was high.

According to the manuscript, 62 of the richway-related diagnoses were 65 or older, accounting for 44.6% of all diagnoses.

This was followed by 59 patients (42.4%) who were 40 to 64 years old, and 15 people (10.8%) who were 19 to 39 years old.

In addition, collective infections are rapidly spreading to high-risk facilities such as day care centers and nursing homes.

Since the first confirmer appeared on the 11th at the Seongshim Day Care Center in Dobong-gu, Seoul, today, 2 employees and 11 users were additionally confirmed and the cumulative number of confirmed patients increased to 14.

In addition, a total of four confirmed persons have been presented at the Sharing Home Care Center in Dongan-gu, Anyang-si, Gyeonggi-do.

At the happy nursing home in Gwangju, Gyeonggi Province, an additional one caregiver was confirmed in the pre-unblocking test, and a total of 10 patients have been presented so far.

There are 3 nursing care workers, 6 residents, and 1 social worker.

In addition, sporadic infections continued throughout the metropolitan area.

As for the table tennis court in Yangcheon-gu, Seoul, one was added, and a total of 61 were found to be infected.

There are 34 cases related to the table tennis court in Yangcheon-gu and 27 cases related to the Yongin Big Tree Church.

At the Coupang Logistics Center in Bucheon, Gyeonggi-do, an additional person was added to become a total of 147 people, and in connection with the pioneering church in the metropolitan area, one more was confirmed, and a total of 95 people were judged to date.

In the KB Life Insurance telephone office in Jung-gu, Seoul, an additional person was infected, resulting in a cumulative number of 14 patients.

At a middle school in Buk-gu, Daegu, one student is confirmed, and the authorities are investigating the exact source of the infection.

In the regular briefing held at the Osong Center for Disease Control and Prevention in Chungbuk, Bang Eun-dae, the head of Bang Dae-jeong, cautioned with caution, saying, "The outbreak of corona19 in the metropolitan area continues and the propagation tends to occur rapidly."