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Yesterday (24th), the number of new corona 19 confirmed in Korea was counted as 280. Although it was a little less than the weekend, it has maintained 200 people for two days in a row. In Suncheon, Jeollanam-do, 14 additional people were confirmed as a group infection initiated by a Seoul door-to-door sales company spread to local fitness centers.

This is reporter Kim Hyung-rae.

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Of the 280 new corona19 confirmed cases, 16 foreign inflows and 264 local outbreaks.

In Korea, 212 people were confirmed in the metropolitan area alone, including 134 people in Seoul, 63 people in Gyeonggi, and 15 in Incheon, and confirmed cases were also found in all regions except Ulsan, Chungbuk and Gyeongbuk.

The number of deaths increased by 1, and it was counted as 310.

In Suncheon City, Jeollanam-do, the group infection started by a Seoul door-to-door sales company has spread to fitness centers following local supermarket food courts.

A woman in her 40s who attended the Cheongam Fitness & Spa gym in Suncheon was first confirmed on the 22nd, and then 14 additional people were confirmed.

This woman was surveyed as an acquaintance of a woman in her 70s residing in Suncheon who went to the Wuhan Group, a door-to-door sales company in Gwanak-gu, Seoul.

[Yoon Tae-ho/Ministry of Health and Welfare Public Health Policy Officer: While the outbreak around the metropolitan area is maintained, there are concerns about the spread across the country.]

Health authorities use electronic access lists even for short-term chartered buses for attending events and gatherings . It has announced that it will be mandatory to complete a passenger list.

The city of Seoul has announced that it will strengthen public transport-related quarantine so that passengers who do not wear masks can take taxis, and that they will intensively crack down on passengers who do not wear masks on the subway.