<Anchor> The number of
new corona 19 confirmed cases exceeded 500 for three consecutive days.
The government repeatedly demanded compliance with the quarantine rules, saying the current situation is a very dangerous situation that could lead to the 4th outbreak.
This is reporter Ahn Sang-woo.
<Reporter>
Of the 558 new corona19 confirmed cases, 533 are domestic infection cases, excluding 25 foreign patients.
By region, 343 people were concentrated in Seoul, Gyeonggi, and Incheon.
Eight more people were infected with a music club in Yongsan-gu, Seoul, and the number of related confirmed cases increased to 23. On the 30th of last month, there were 14 confirmed cases in a high school in Songpa-gu, Seoul, where the first student was confirmed.
190 confirmed cases were also found in non-capital regions, including 35 in Busan and 28 in Gyeongbuk.
The government repeatedly demanded compliance with the quarantine regulations, as the confirmed cases are occurring in every place, regardless of region, and the amount of movement this weekend will increase due to Easter and other reasons.
[Sae-gyun Jeong/Prime Minister: It is a very dangerous situation to the point of worrying that Corona 19 is taking a breath at the beginning of the 4th epidemic.
Please spend this weekend with awareness of quarantine...
.]
Two more of the patients infected with Corona 19 have died, killing 1,737 so far.
Until yesterday, 914,000 people had completed the first dose of the Corona 19 vaccine, and the cumulative number of people who completed the second dose was 19,855.
In addition, the number of reported deaths after vaccination increased by two to a cumulative 30 cases.