Today (14th), the 300th day of the outbreak in Korea, the number of new corona19 confirmed patients rose to 200.



The Central Defense Response Headquarters announced that as of 0 o'clock today, the number of new corona19 confirmed cases increased by 205 to a cumulative 28,000.



It is a record of 200 people in 73 days since September 2nd (267 people).



Looking at the route of infection of 205 new confirmed cases, 166 local outbreaks and 39 foreign inflows.



In the area where confirmed cases were found, the metropolitan area, including 63 in Seoul and 46 in Gyeonggi-do, was counted as 109 for two days in a row.



Outside the metropolitan area, Gangwon has the largest number with 18, followed by Jeonnam 13, Chungnam 11, Gwangju 7, Gyeongnam 3, Daejeon 2, and Busan, Sejong, and Jeonbuk each with 1.



This increase is due to the simultaneous and multiple occurrence of group infections not only in medical institutions and nursing facilities, but also in workplaces, schools, cafes, and family and acquaintance groups.



A total of 14 people were confirmed by noon the previous day after the first patient occurred on the 10th, related to the business trip service business meeting in Yongin, Gyeonggi Province, and a total of 13 people were positive as it was confirmed that it was spread to acquaintances and elderly care facilities related to the family in Gangseo-gu, Seoul. .



There have also been many cases of infection involving family and acquaintance groups outside the metropolitan area.



12 people have been confirmed so far in connection with the meeting of acquaintances in Inje-gun, Gangwon Province, and a total of 7 people have been infected in connection with the local principal training program.



In the case of a junior high school student friend meeting in Cheonan, Chungcheongnam-do, 6 people were confirmed, and 7 people were diagnosed with the Seo-gu Business Room So Kitchen in Gwangju.



It was confirmed that 14 people were infected with a company in Gwangyang, Jeollanam-do, and 5 were infected in the case of a family in Hwasun-gun.



While paying attention to the spread of Corona 19, the quarantine authorities are taking measures such as reviewing the upgrade of the'social distance' stage.



Among the local governments, the cities of Cheonan and Asan in Chungnam, Wonju in Gangwon, and Suncheon, Gwangyang, and Yeosu in Jeonnam were preemptively upgraded to 1.5 levels.



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