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Yesterday (10th), the number of corona19 confirmed in Korea increased by 176.
While the number of new confirmed cases has not fallen below the three-digit number for the 28th day since mid-August, four additional people were confirmed at Sinchon Severance Hospital in Seoul, where 19 related confirmed cases yesterday, raising concerns about the spread in the hospital.
This is reporter Kim Hyung-rae.
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Yesterday, 176 new corona19 confirmed patients came out in Korea.
Among them, 161 people, excluding 15 people from overseas, were tentatively counted as domestic outbreaks.
By region, there were 61 in Seoul, 47 in Gyeonggi, and 8 in Incheon, with 116 in the metropolitan area.
In addition, there were confirmed cases in all regions except Sejong and Gangwon, Jeonbuk and Gyeongnam, including 14 in Chungnam, 10 in Daejeon, and 7 in Gwangju.
At Sinchon Severance Hospital in Seoul, where the COVID-19 outbreak occurred yesterday, an additional patient guardian and three environmental cleansers at the rehabilitation hospital were confirmed, and the number of related confirmed cases increased to 23.
[Park Yoo-mi/Director, Seoul City Citizen Health Bureau: Some of the confirmed
patients
have been confirmed to have gone to work even though they have symptoms such as fever and sore throat.]
Currently, 687 patients, including patients and hospital staff, had undergone diagnostic tests, of which 18 were positive and 181 People have tested negative and the rest are waiting for the test results.
The health authorities said they would announce the results during the weekend after watching the trend for a day or two on whether or not to extend the strengthened social distancing measures in the metropolitan area.