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Yesterday (3rd), 629 new confirmed cases of Corona 19 were recorded.

In 9 months, the number of people surpassed 600 again, and Seoul and other metropolitan areas recorded a record high.

The Ministry of Education has an emergency quarantine ahead of the university-specific screening that continues until the 22nd.



Reporter Kim Hyung-rae delivers.



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Of the 629 new corona19 confirmed cases, 600 are domestic outbreaks, minus 29 from overseas.



It has been 9 months since March 3rd that the number of new confirmed cases has exceeded 600.



By region, 291 people in Seoul, 155 people in Gyeonggi and 17 people in Incheon were confirmed, especially 463 people, or 77%, in the metropolitan area.



In the case of Seoul, again, it recorded the highest number of patients ever.



30 people were confirmed in Pagoda Town, a music restaurant in Jongno-gu, Seoul, and about 600 contacts are being tested.



In Jeonju, 14 confirmed cases related to the New Hope Church were confirmed.



It is known that one of the confirmed cases of this church also included a SAT supervisor.



The quarantine authorities are particularly concerned about the spread of the infection through students who completed the SAT yesterday (3 days).



The city of Seoul said that any candidate who took the SAT can receive free tests at mobile screening clinics installed in four locations including the Seoul Metropolitan Office of Education and seven municipal hospitals in Seoul.



Also, from today to the 22nd, more than 600,000 face-to-face evaluations by university are being conducted.



[Yoo Eun-hye/Deputy Prime Minister of Social Studies and Minister of Education: This weekend, December 5-6, 200,000 couples for both days, and the next weekend, December 12-13, 192,000 couples take the college admissions process. In the



face-to-face evaluation by university, the test opportunity is lost in the case of confirmed cases.



However, the education authorities plan to provide maximum exam opportunities for self-quarantine.



Currently, 117 cases in 38 universities that require a separate test center for self-quarantine are identified as of yesterday at 0:00 am.



The Ministry of Education is planning to take college-specific exams at test centers prepared separately in eight regions across the country for candidates who have received notification of self-isolation.