<Anchor>
Last weekend, the number of daily corona cases was the highest since the domestic outbreak as of the weekend. Today (19th) is also expected to be around 1,300. As the spread spread across the country, the government decided to allow up to four people from non-metropolitan private gatherings from today.
Reporter Nam Joo-hyun reports.
<Reporter> This
is Taekwondo Academy in Doan-dong, Daejeon.
After the director was confirmed the day before, the student and family were tested, and a total of 47 people have been confirmed so far.
A complete inspection has also begun on nearby elementary schools, daycare centers and kindergartens where the students attend.
As the non-metropolitan epidemic became a reality, with the highest number of confirmed cases per day in Busan this year, the government decided to allow up to four private gatherings throughout the non-metropolitan area for two weeks from today to the 1st of next month.
The number of confirmed cases in non-metropolitan areas is already on the rise, and the proportion of the total number of patients has exceeded 30% for the first time since the fourth epidemic.
While the amount of movement in the metropolitan area decreased, the amount of movement in non-metropolitan areas also had an impact on this measure.
Limiting the number of private gatherings while allowing the local government to set the social distancing step is to prevent the spread of non-metropolitan areas during the holiday season and the balloon effect.
[Kim Bu-gyeom / Prime Minister: The number of confirmed cases is not decreasing. Prevention is necessary now, one step ahead of the spread of the virus.]
The infection reproduction index, which shows how many people each patient transmits the virus to, is 1.32.
It exceeded 1 for 3 weeks in a row and continued to increase, showing the current situation where the trend is growing.