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Yesterday (1st) 54 new confirmed coronas in Korea have maintained their 50s for the second day. Health officials urged high-risk groups to refrain from attendance, saying that large and small gatherings are the main channel for the spread of this nationwide infection.

Reporter Kim Hyeong-rae.

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Domestic corona19 new confirmers increased 54 people during the day yesterday.

The number of cases in the region is 44, and the number of overseas inflows is tentatively counted.

In the case of regional outbreaks, 22 people were identified in Gwangju, where the second phase of social distance was issued, 18 in the metropolitan area, 2 in Chungnam, and 1 in Daejeon and Daegu.

Along with the continued slowing down of richway visitors from Gwanak-gu, Seoul, and door-to-door sales companies in Daejeon, multi-level companies and cryptocurrency briefing sessions in Gwangju also proved to be the key to the spread of infection.

Health authorities have advised high-risk people over the age of 65 not to attend'dangerous meetings' such as door-to-door sales or business briefings.

[CEO Eun-Kyung Jung/Disease Management Headquarters: Participates from all over the country for information exchange, frequently holds close meetings, and tends not to properly comply with personal hygiene practices such as masks.] In

Seoul, employees working in KT's office in Gwanghwamun KT today The building was closed after a confirmed decision in the morning, and the rest of the employees went to work from home.

At the Cheondong Elementary School in Daejeon, where three fifth-grade students were confirmed and suspected to be the first cases in Korea to spread, the rest of the fifth-grade students were confirmed as negative.

Authorities are also conducting thorough inspections of students and teachers at other grade levels.