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were 344 new corona19 confirmed cases yesterday (14th), maintaining 300 units for three consecutive days.

In the metropolitan area, sporadic infections such as large hospitals and acquaintances continue, and concerns about re-proliferation have not eased.



Reporter Park Soo-jin's report.



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Yesterday, the last day of the Lunar New Year holiday, the number of new corona19 confirmed cases was counted as 344.



There were 323 cases of infection in Korea, and 255 people were infected, close to 80% in the metropolitan area, including 147 in Seoul.



In the non-metropolitan area, only 68 were confirmed, including 15 in Busan and 12 in Daegu.



The number of foreign inflows was counted as 21, and an additional 5 died during treatment, resulting in a cumulative death of 1,527.



Although the number of inspections during the Lunar New Year holiday has decreased to half of the weekday, it is difficult to say that it is stable.



Rather, the number of patients in the metropolitan area is increasing, and the average number of confirmed cases per day in the metropolitan area for a week from the 7th to the 13th was 282, up 24 from the previous week.



Soonchunhyang University Hospital in Seoul, where the first confirmed cases occurred on the 12th, had confirmed 56 people until yesterday, and the number of confirmed cases related to Hanyang University Hospital in Seoul exceeded 100.



Sporadic infections are spreading in the metropolitan area, with the number of confirmed cases increasing to 62 at acquaintances in Yongsan-gu, Seoul.



In addition, it is expected that the next two weeks will be a climax to see if the infection spreads due to population movement during the Lunar New Year holidays.



[Kwon Deok-cheol/Minister of Health and Welfare: If the distancing step is lowered and the tension over our quarantine is relieved, the corona will return to the spreading trend again.] The



government visits hometown or travels during the Lunar New Year holiday and has symptoms when there are symptoms. I asked for a diagnostic test immediately.