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Yesterday (13th), the number of new corona19 confirmed more than 100. As group infections in the metropolitan area continued, the number of domestic outbreaks was counted at 85, the highest number since the end of last March.

This is Max-sik Choi.

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new confirmed cases, 85 are domestic patients excluding 18 foreign inflows.

There were 31 in Seoul, 38 in Gyeonggi, and 3 in Incheon, with 72 in the metropolitan area alone.

The 85 cases in Korea are the highest since March 31st.

The spread of Corona 19, centered in the metropolitan area, is unclear, but 10 people were confirmed yesterday at Sarangjeil Church in Seongbuk-gu, Seoul, and the cumulative number of confirmed cases was 13.

Following the Seoul Namdaemun Market, there were confirmed cases in Dongdaemun Market.

A couple of merchants working at Tongil Shopping Center were confirmed, and the shopping street was temporarily closed.

The Seoul Metropolitan Government visited Tongil Shopping Center from the 3rd to the 8th, and recommended that anyone with suspected symptoms of Corona 19 undergo an examination.

In the midst of this, the government held an emergency ministerial meeting in response to collective infection in the metropolitan area this morning to discuss ways to strengthen social distancing.

It is not because of the large-scale collective infection such as the Itaewon Club and Coupang Distribution Center, but because of the simultaneous and multiple epidemic of Corona 19 in multi-use facilities such as small churches, markets, and schools.

[Sae-gyun Jeong/Prime Minister: Seoul and Gyeonggi-do should promptly review measures to respond to quarantine in accordance with the plan to increase social distancing to two levels.]

Goyang, Gimpo, and Yongin-si, Gyeonggi-do, where group infections occurred in several churches . Is conducting a thorough investigation of religious facilities and has issued an administrative order to restrict group gatherings.