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Yesterday (2nd) 23 new corona confirmed patients, of which only 3 were domestic cases. Health officials cautioned that although the number of confirmed cases in the region has remained stable to some extent, there are still sporadic small group infection concerns in the metropolitan area.

Reporter Kim Hyung-rae.

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were 23 newly confirmed corona19 patients in Korea yesterday, and the cumulative confirmed number was 14,389.

Among the new confirmers, there were 3 cases in Korea and 20 inflows abroad.

In the case of regional outbreaks, two people in Seoul and one in Gyeonggi Province maintained the single digit for the third day.

In Gangnam-gu, Seoul, there was a so-called'blinker' group infection case where the first infection route was not confirmed.

On the 27th of last month, a man in his 40s who was confirmed in Yongin-si, Gyeonggi-do, visited a cafe near Seolleung Station five days before the test, and the next day, eight additional infected people, including colleagues and restaurant staff, who met at the cafe while visiting Yangjae-dong restaurant.

The quarantine authorities warned that the number of confirmed cases in Korea in the past two weeks has been 16.9, down 4.5 from the previous two weeks, but is still stable, but sporadic small-scale infections continue in the metropolitan area.

[Taeho Yoon/ Public Health Policy Officer, Ministry of Health and Welfare: Remember that the risk of spreading infections, such as the first outbreak of group infections at campgrounds and coffee shops, is encouraging.

Starting today, in order to strengthen port quarantine, sailors departing from Russia in addition to the six countries targeted for strengthening quarantine are also required to submit a voice confirmation.