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Yesterday (25th), the number of new corona19 confirmed cases reached 430, and the cumulative number of confirmed cases in Korea exceeded 100,000.

Even today, the number of new confirmed patients is expected to be in the mid to late 400s.

The quarantine authorities are expected to announce a distancing adjustment that will take effect next week today.



This is reporter Kim Hyung-rae. 



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is a social welfare center in Suwon, Gyeonggi Province.



On the 23rd, after one of the social service workers here was first confirmed, 10 more were confirmed two days later.



In the SK male handball club in Cheongju, Chungcheongbuk-do, the number of confirmed cases increased to 17 with 6 additional people.



In particular, it was revealed that 7 to 13 people had meetings at restaurants and pubs on the 18th when the first suspicious symptoms appeared.



Cheongju City is reviewing the imposition and prosecution of penalties for violations of quarantine regulations.



The quarantine authorities are analyzing that the pattern of group infection across the country differs by region.



In the Chungcheong area, more than half of the group infections occurred at business sites such as meat processing factories, and in the Honam area, confirmed cases came out mainly from churches and call centers.In the Gyeongbuk area, there was a lot of spread to the local community through family gatherings. This is spreading.



I am also concerned about infection through religious facilities ahead of Easter on the 4th of next month.



[Gwonjunuk / National Health Institute: mainly to postwar worship propagation through small groups among the congregation, and worship since there has shown a pattern that spread further, etc. family and friends, work -



Government adjustments keep the distance to be applied starting next week today It is not easy to lower the level of quarantine because the average number of confirmed cases per day for the past week is 410, which is 2.5 steps higher than now.