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Yesterday (25th), the number of new corona 19 confirmed cases increased by 200 in a day to 583.
It has been 265 days since March 6 that recorded 500 confirmed cases a day.
This is Nam Joo-hyun.
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Of the 583 new confirmed cases, 553 were domestic cases excluding 30 confirmed cases from overseas.
By region, 402 cases were confirmed in the metropolitan area, and 151 cases were found in non-metropolitan areas, including 45 in Gyeongnam and 19 in Busan.
It has been 8 months since 518 on March 6 that the number of confirmed cases has reached 500 a day.
The number of severely ill patients was counted as 78.
The health authorities emphasized that the corona is right next to us, with the serial infection that started in the sauna of the apartment in Seocho-gu exceeded 100, and the group infection of more than 60 people occurred at the aerobics academy in Gangseo-gu.
At Nowon-gu Office, one public official of the ward office was confirmed yesterday, followed by 14 more.
Authorities have said to be vigilant, especially among young people.
[Park Neung-hoo/Minister of Health and Welfare: The rate of infected people in their 20s and 30s has increased to 28% in a month.
The number of young critically ill patients who need a ventilator is also 19.]
Health authorities have advised that asymptomatic infections are common, so if they are suspected of being asymptomatic, they should be examined at a nearby screening clinic.
Since 70% of the recent weekly average of domestic occurrences occurred in the metropolitan area, it is a policy to monitor the situation in the metropolitan area for the second stage of the national distance upgrade.