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now on, we will deliver the news of Corona 19. The number of new confirmed cases announced yesterday (26th) was again counted as 300 people and 320 people in four days. The government said that its quarantine capability is reaching its limit, and urged citizens to properly observe the current step 2 of distancing.

Reporter Ahn Sang-woo reports.

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Of the 320 new corona19 confirmed cases, 307 cases occurred in Korea.

The spread of infection in the metropolitan area is not slowing, with only 229 people in Seoul, Gyeonggi and Incheon.

Regarding the Sarang First Church in Seoul, 18 people were added, and 933 people have been confirmed so far.

The quarantine authorities said that 97% of the 3,900 members of the list of members secured so far have been inspected.

The number of confirmed cases related to the Gwanghwamun assembly increased by 26 to 219.

In response to the rapid increase in confirmed cases, the government appealed that our quarantine system has reached its limit.

[Sae-gyun Jeong/Prime Minister: The quarantine is facing the greatest crisis seven months after the first corona19 confirmed in Korea.] It

is also a problem that the positive test rate is high compared to the number of tests.

The positive rate, which has soared to a maximum of 4.3% since the 14th, was yesterday at 1.35%, but it is still very high considering that the average positive rate in May of the Itaewon club-footed group infection was only 0.24%.

Health officials have stressed the need for a thorough step 2 of social distancing to slow the current spread.

[Yoon Tae-ho / Head of Central Accident Control Headquarters: (Last February) The reduction in movement amount is still half (20%) compared to the maximum 40% reduction in movement amount. We ask for more active participation.] The

authorities are expecting that the effect of the 2nd distancing phase will appear this week as soon as possible, but it seems that the result will determine whether or not to raise the 3rd stage.