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Yesterday (22nd), the number of new corona19 confirmed patients increased by 155 one day.

With three digits for two consecutive days, it was the highest in 42 days.

Group infections are not decreasing in rehabilitation hospitals and nursing facilities.



This is Han Ji-yeon.



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Yesterday, there were 155 new confirmed cases one day, followed by 121 people yesterday, recording three digits for two consecutive days.



This is the highest record in 42 days since September 11th.



Among them, 138 people occurred in Korea and 17 people came from abroad.



By region, 98 people occurred in Gyeonggi-do, and 121 people were confirmed in the metropolitan area, including 19 in Seoul and 4 in Incheon.



In the non-capital region, there were 5 confirmed patients in Daegu, 4 in each of Chungnam and Gwangju, 2 in each of Jeonbuk, and 1 in each of Jeonnam and Gangwon.



[Yoon Tae-ho / Central accidents probation Headquarters Defense General Lieutenant: This growth is not the main cause of the outbreak occurs in a lot of vulnerable facilities at high risk, such as care hospitals and nursing homes, elderly day care facilities -



80 one nursing home in Gyeonggi Province Namyangju After the inmate was confirmed yesterday morning, the results of examining all 37 residents and nursing facility workers showed 34 additional confirmations excluding 3 workers.



In relation to the Anyang Elderly World Manan Center and Gunpo Namcheon Hospital, which started with the spread between families living in Anyang City on the 20th, an additional 18 people were infected, and the cumulative number of confirmed cases increased to 30 within three days.



As for the Gwangju SRC Rehabilitation Hospital, where the entire building is quarantined, 19 people were added, and the cumulative number of confirmed patients increased to 122.



In addition, 84 people at Haetrak Nursing Hospital in Busan, 3 On Nursing Hospitals in Busanjin-gu, and 4 at Chungnam National University Hospital in Daejeon have confirmed the spread of the infection.



Meanwhile, Prime Minister Jeong Sye-gyun, along with nursing homes and rehabilitation hospitals, warned on the 31st that there is a high risk of causing a second Itaewon club crisis among young people.