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In addition, as the number of confirmed patients continued in Gwangju and the metropolitan area, the number of patients a day in Korea exceeded 50 in full. Health officials say that this is the most dangerous situation in the first phase of social distance.

Reporter Nam Joo-Hyun.

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Gwangju community infection began in Gwanggungsa.

Then, through the Geumyang Building, it was spread to visiting sellers, Jeju Island tourist groups, and Gwangju Sarang Church, and spread to Agape Silver Center and Hanul Nursing Home.

As the number of confirmed patients increased to 57, the utilization rate of hospital beds dedicated to infectious diseases in Gwangju skyrocketed to 82%, and the treatment beds for severe patients are already saturated.

It is also a concern that there are many elderly patients among Gwangju confirmed patients, including two over the age of 90 among those confirmed yesterday (2 days).

In the metropolitan area, the number of confirmed persons related to Uijeongbu apartments increased 21 days a day with a gym, making it 21.

The health authorities stressed that the situation is very serious, saying that there have already been over five people who have confirmed that there have been 50 infections in the community since the transition to life prevention.

However, he explained that it is still too early to upgrade the distance.

[Kim Kang-Rip/Deputy Minister of Health and Welfare: It is clear that it is currently developing as the most dangerous situation in the first stage. However, the current situation is still possible as a first step. .]

The health authorities instructed Jeonju not to remove the mask when making a call in a restaurant or a multi-use facility such as KTX, when the patient took off his mask, ate a meal, talked on a cell phone, and then two high school girls were infected.

(Video coverage: Kim Min-cheol, video editing: So Ji-hye) 

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