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Yesterday (7th), the number of new confirmed patients recorded the most in three months.

The spread is not serious, but the government emphasized that it is a crisis of wind lightening, saying that if it cannot be stopped now, the 4th outbreak could become a reality.



First, reporter Nam Joo-hyun.



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This is an indoor sports facility in Seocho-gu, Seoul, where group infection has been confirmed.



After the first confirmed case was released on the 26th of last month, the number of infections gradually increased, and 27 people were confirmed at a time yesterday.



The cumulative number of confirmed patients, including users, employees, and families, has increased to 55.



[Park Yoo-mi/Director of Seoul City Citizen Health Bureau: High intimacy among users, it is estimated to be an infection through contact between residents.]



Seven more confirmed cases related to Sujeong Church nationwide increased to 208 in 13 cities and provinces.



In Dangjin, Chungcheongnam-do, 27 people were infected with the church, mostly those who attended a separate meeting after the Easter service on the 4th.



The government has warned that if the spread cannot be mitigated immediately, the fourth outbreak will become a reality.



When the 4th epidemic begins, it is also analyzed that the scale of the 3rd epidemic, when the number of confirmed cases is 1,240 per day, will be exceeded.



This is because the number of confirmed cases in the stable period just before the third epidemic was around 100, but recently, it has maintained around 500, much more than that.



[Kwon Jun-wook/President of the National Institute of Health: Basically, the outbreak is large, the reproductive index is high, there is a concern about the spread of the mutant virus with high transmission power and high severity of the stomach.] The



health authorities said that unlike the third epidemic, they have secured enough corona 19 beds. Also, I asked you to strictly follow the quarantine regulations, such as wearing a mask and canceling unnecessary meetings.



(Video coverage: Kim Min-cheol, video editing: Kim Jong-tae, VJ: Shin So-young)  



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