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Today (25th), the number of new coronavirus confirmed cases is expected to be around 500, similar to yesterday. Recently, a large number of confirmed cases are coming out from non-capital areas.



This is Kim Yong-tae.



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were 40 more confirmed cases related to the Daegu entertainment bar.



The infection that started in one business has exploded with 15 businesses, cumulative 158 confirmed cases in five days.



In particular, most of the employees and users are society.



I am concerned about rapid spread because there are 2 to 30 cars with active economic activity.



[Hongho Chae/Deputy Mayor of Daegu City Administration: If the number of patients increases by 50 every day, the bed utilization rate will exceed 80% within this week, and a shortage of beds is expected. I would like to open a life treatment center.] The



city ​​of Daegu has issued an order to ban gatherings at more than 3,200 entertainment facilities such as entertainment bars and singing practice areas by the 30th.



In Sejong City, group infections occurred in day care centers.



Twenty people, including 8 infants and 5 staff members, including childcare teachers, were confirmed, but the route of infection is still a labyrinth.



The number of confirmed cases related to the Asan hot spring bath in Chungnam also exceeded 80.



As sporadic group infections continued across the country, the proportion of non-metropolitan areas among confirmed cases in Korea yesterday recorded 46.6%.



It is the highest in four months since the end of January.



The quarantine authorities emphasized that it will minimize the spread of the region through reinforcement of on-site inspections of multiple facilities and repeated preemptive inspections of high-risk facilities.