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As the number of patients continued to increase mainly in the metropolitan area and Daejeon, the number of new confirmed patients exceeded 50 again.

Reporter Kim Sang-min reports that a restaurant in the 50s that visited the cafeteria in Seoul's Seoul government office was confirmed as corona19 confirmed .

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On the morning of the 12th, Mr. A, a man in his 50s, who visited the cafeteria in the main building of the government office building in Jongno-gu, Seoul, was confirmed.

Mr. A, who lives in Hwaseong, Gyeonggi-do, was classified as a close contact with another confirmed patient, and was tested for a test yesterday (18th).

The Seoul Metropolitan Government government office stopped operating the cafeteria from around 4 pm yesterday and took measures to prevent the disease and returned all the workers to the restaurant.

Collective infections in the metropolitan area and Daejeon continue to grow.

The number of confirmed cases related to Richway, a door-to-door sales company in Gwanak-gu, Seoul, increased by 4, to 180, and the number of confirmed patients increased to 38, with 3 more confirmed for the elderly nursing facility Dobong-gu Seongshim Day Care Center.

The number of confirmed cases related to Daejeon's door-to-door sales companies has also increased to 7, accumulating to 18, and three more were judged positive in connection with the Dream Church in Seo-gu, Daejeon.

Health officials have warned that the situation should be taken more seriously as more and more patients become difficult to find links to existing infections.

Sporadic occurrences in multi-use facilities are also continuing, such as the establishment of an English language instructor in Seocho-gu, Seoul.

The health authorities urged them to strictly follow the precautionary measures, saying that there is a high risk of infection through restaurants, among other multi-use facilities.