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Yesterday (26th), 441 new corona19 confirmed in Korea came out. For the first time since the outbreak of Shincheonji, the number of confirmed patients surpassed 400 per day, causing an emergency to secure beds.

Reporter Nam Joo-hyun will deliver.

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Of the 441 new confirmed cases, 434 were domestic outbreaks, minus 7 from overseas.

There were 313 people in the metropolitan area alone, and confirmed cases occurred in 16 provinces excluding Sejong City.

This is the first time since the outbreak of Corona 19 in Daegu and Gyeongbuk that recorded 400 new patients. 

Since the 14th, the number of patients with three digits came out every day, and the cumulative number of confirmed cases for two weeks was close to 4,000, and the number of severe gastric patients increased to 46.

Minister of Health and Welfare Park Neung-hoo warned that about 40% of the confirmed cases at Sarangjeil Church and Gwanghwamun meetings were in their 60s or older, and that the damage could be greater than during the'Shincheonji group infection', when there were many younger people among the confirmed cases.

[Park Neung-hoo/Minister of Health and Welfare: We need to check how well the 2nd step guidelines are being implemented.] The

amount of movement in the metropolitan area last weekend, analyzed based on mobile phone data, was about 17 compared to the previous weekend. It just decreased by %.

The health authorities pointed out that it was not enough to calm the current spread of Corona 19, as it was less than half the amount of movement that had decreased by up to 38% during the Daegu-Gyeongbuk crisis in February.

The government has announced that it will make a decision sooner or later as it is discussing various ways whether to immediately raise it to the third step or to take measures equivalent to the third step first.