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Corona confirmed, 266 new people came out. In terms of numbers alone, it was less than yesterday (the 23rd) of nearly 400 people. However, on the weekends, it is because the test itself is less, and the graph is not broken. Rather, the voice of concern among experts is growing. The Infectious Society, a group of doctors specializing in infectious diseases, announced that the limit has come and that distance must be raised to three stages. President Moon Jae-in also said that it is the best emergency situation, and that if it exceeds this level now, it has no choice but to go to step 3.

Today's comprehensive corona situation, first reporter Kim Hyung-rae will summarize.

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13,000 people were diagnosed with Corona 19 yesterday.

It was over 20,000 last Thursday and Friday, down 30% yesterday and nearly 40% yesterday.

The percentage of people who have tested positive is about 2%, up from last week.

This is why we cannot be optimistic that the number of confirmed cases has decreased.

[Jeong Eun-kyung/Director of Disease Management Division: There was a tendency in the past that the number of patients decreased slightly on Mondays, Tuesdays and early weeks after the weekend. Some decrease in the number of patients today is believed to have such an effect as well… .]

Over the past two weeks from the 9th to the 22nd, the number of domestic outbreaks increased more than 13 times and the number of group outbreaks more than 3 times compared to the previous two weeks.

Today, nine specialized academic organizations, including the Korean Infectious Disease Association, issued a statement saying that the second step of social distancing is insufficient to cope with the current situation and that the three step upgrade is inevitable.

President Moon Jae-in also said that if we cannot catch the current spread, we have no choice but to raise the stage of distancing.

[President Moon Jae-in: If we can't stop it at this stage, we have no choice but to be upgraded to the third stage of social distancing. I hope everyone will work together to make sure that the worst is not going to happen.] The

health authorities have called for a delay or cancellation of travel plans this week.

(Video coverage: Shin Dong-hwan and Kim Min-cheol, Video editing: Lee Seung-hee, CG: Lee Yoo-jin)