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The number of corona patients in Korea increased by 126.

During the two days on the weekend, when the number of tests is less than on weekdays, there were more than 100 confirmed cases.

Wonju, Gangwon-do, where more than 30 confirmed cases have been confirmed in the last five days, is the third step in the nation to raise the distance to 1.5 steps.



This is reporter Ahn Sang-woo.



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Wonju, Gangwon-do, a whopping 32 people have been confirmed for five days since the 5th.



In particular, 16 people were tested positive for four days at a medical device vendor where the first confirmed cases came out on the 6th.



As a result of the epidemiological investigation, the first confirmed employee on the 6th felt symptoms such as body aches from the 26th of last month, but continued to go to work and it is estimated that the virus spread to office visitors, family members, and acquaintances in the process.



Wonju has raised its distance to 1.5 steps, the third in the country, following Cheonan and Asan, Chungnam, considering that 24 out of 32 confirmed cases are in their 60s or older.



In the metropolitan area, group infections are not decreasing.



The daily average number of domestic outbreaks surveyed on a weekly basis increased from 57.4 in the first week of last month to 88.7 in the last week.



In particular, over the past two days, more than 100 confirmed cases were found even though the number of tests was only half of that of weekdays.



[Lee Sang-won/Director of Epidemiological Investigation Analysis, Central Defense Countermeasure Headquarters: (Recent) small outbreaks require efforts to block outbreaks as it is difficult to identify the source of infection and the range of measures against the number of outbreaks is wide.] The



quarantine authorities started today (9th) We conducted a preemptive, full-scale examination of vulnerable facilities such as hospitals and nursing facilities in non-metropolitan areas.



In this regard, from the 30th of the following month, the Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (KCDC) will announce an amendment to the Infectious Disease Prevention Act, which prevents the disclosure of personal information such as the sex or age of the confirmed patient tomorrow.



(Video coverage: Kim Min-cheol, Video editing: Lee Seung-hee)