코로나19 신규환자 284명 '하루 발생 최다'...전국 미사, 여행노선 중단
For the first time, the number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in South Korea has exceeded 1-thousand and it's showing no sign of slowing down any time soon.
A dozen people have also now died from the virus in South Korea.
Let's connect to our Choi Jeong-yoon for the details.
Jeong-yoon, South Korea revealed on Wednesday that hundreds of people were newly confirmed with COVID-19 over the previous 24 hours.
Yes, Semin, South Korea confirmed 2-hundred 84 new cases on Wednesday.
This brings the total number to one-thousand-two-hundred-61.
Since the country's first infection on January 20th, it was also the highest number of infections in a single day.
Most of the cases were in Daegu and the southeastern part of the country.
That includes Cheongdo, where Daenam hospital is located.
One-hundred-14 cases and seven deaths out of 12 have been reported at that particular hospital.
The Daenam hospital is currently under a so-called "cohort quarantine", meaning it's in lock down.
Twenty-five patients have been transported to other medical centers due to their serious condition but those inside are being treated by externally-dispatched medical staff.
Meanwhile, South Korea confirmed its 12th death from COVID-19 on Wednesday.
The man, a 73-year-old from Daegu, had been receiving respiratory treatment in the city's Keimyung University Dongsan Hospital.
He was a member of the religious group Sincheonji, which is at the center of the massive rise in cases over the past few days.
Out of all the infections in South Korea, as of Wednesday morning, nearly 600 hundred cases are related to this religion, accounting for around half of the total cases.
Due to the rapid spread of the virus, places where contacts are inevitable have shut down. How are things happening in that regard?
Amid the spread of the virus, all 16 dioceses of the Korean Catholic Church have halted all Masses.
Such measures are a first in 236 years of Korean religious history.
The nation‘s railway operator Korail has also temporarily stopped lines that are mostly used by group tourists.
The lines include the O-train, which circles through central regions and the S-train, that runs along the coast of southern parts.
The number of national express buses to Daegu have also been cut as passenger numbers have plunged due to the outbreak there.
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