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Yesterday (6th), the number of new confirmed cases was the third highest in history. After ten days, it again climbed to the 1,800 level. We are already practicing the highest level of social distancing, but we are not seeing any significant effect.



First of all, this is reporter Nam Joo-hyun.



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Another group infection occurred in Noryangjin Fish Market in Dongjak-gu, Seoul, following May.



After the first confirmed case on the 3rd, 22 additional cases were confirmed in four days.



From the 29th of last month to yesterday, the Central Quarantine Countermeasures Headquarters sent a text message asking visitors to the first floor of the fish market and the auction market to undergo a corona test.



[Park Yu-mi / Seoul City Citizen Health Bureau Director (Yesterday): The underground workplace where the confirmed patient occurred had difficult natural ventilation, worked together for a long time and shared the shower room in the break room… .] The number



of church-related confirmed cases in Daegu increased by 23 more to exceed 160, and the number of confirmed cases at the Nonghyup distribution center in Changwon, Gyeongnam increased to 30, including 10 users.



The number of confirmed cases has been in the four digits for 32 days in a row as group infections continue to occur in markets, marts, churches, and karaoke rooms.



The number of patients who were not able to determine when and where they were infected was counted as one in four.



Although the distance in the metropolitan area has been raised to level 4, the highest level, and level 3 has been applied to non-metropolitan areas, the expected effect is not showing as the movement volume has increased recently and the spread is still there.



[Lee Ki-il / Central Quarantine Countermeasures Headquarters 1st Controller (Yesterday): The scale of the epidemic is still large and the reversal is still ambiguous. In addition, while the decrease in the amount of movement is insufficient, the proportion of the delta mutant virus continues to grow… .]



Measures for the 4th level in the metropolitan area and 3rd level in the non-metropolitan area will be extended for 2 more weeks from the day after tomorrow.



Schools can resume as scheduled at the end of this month only to prevent further spread of the holiday season and Liberation Day holidays.



(Video coverage: Seo Jin-ho, video editing: So Ji-hye)