[Photo] Aggressive Patient Heading to Transport Vehicle

As the number of confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus infection (COVID-19) approached the 700 mark for three consecutive days, on the 11th, patients whose conditions had improved were being transferred to the infectious disease specialized ward at the National Medical Center's negative pressure isolation ward in Jung-gu, Seoul. The Central Disease Control Headquarters announced that 689 new domestic confirmed cases were reported as of midnight that day. This is the highest number in 286 days since the 909 cases recorded during the first major outbreak centered in the Daegu and Gyeongbuk regions, making it the second largest number ever recorded./Reporter Kim Hyun-min kimhyun81@

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