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last weekend Saturday, the number of corona confirmed again broke the record. Today (the 9th), the number of tests decreased over the weekend and it is expected to be around 1,500, but if this trend continues, there is a forecast that it may exceed 2,000 in the second half of this week. In Busan, starting tomorrow, social distancing will be raised to level 4 and all beaches will be closed. 



Correspondent Han Ji-yeon.



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cafe on the Han River in Gangnam-gu, Seoul on the 6th.



Dozens of young men and women gather to dance and have a party, even though no more than three people can gather after 6pm.



Quarantine authorities caught dozens of cafe owners and customers who violated quarantine rules even during the 4th step in the metropolitan area.



While the spread of the metropolitan area has slowed somewhat, the awareness of quarantine has been loosening, and the number of new confirmed cases is not decreasing.



On that day, 1,729 people came out, the largest number of cases on Saturday since the 4th epidemic.



The number of confirmed cases in non-metropolitan areas also exceeded 700, the highest number since the fourth epidemic, and the proportion of domestic cases was the highest at 42%.



The city of Busan, which has the most confirmed cases among non-metropolitan areas, has raised its social distancing to Level 4, the highest level, from tomorrow, and decided to close all beaches.



The level 4 upgrade is the second non-metropolitan metropolitan area after Daejeon.



The current social distancing, which is level 4 in the metropolitan area and level 3 in the non-metropolitan area, will be extended for two more weeks from today.



Restrictions on private gatherings remain the same, but even in non-metropolitan areas, gatherings of up to 4 people, regardless of whether or not they have immediate family members, are allowed.



[Kwon Deok-cheol / Minister of Health and Welfare: (spreading tax) shows no sign of slowing down. We hope that you will actively avoid (using multi-use facilities) in the future and strictly follow the basic quarantine rules at every moment.] The



government conducts a preemptive PCR test on all slaughterhouses for a stable supply of livestock products about a month before the Chuseok holiday

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