신규확진 371명, 정은경 "현추세 이어지면 다음주 확진자 하루 800~2천명 전망"<br /><br />That is as the country added 3-hundred-and 71 new Covid-19 cases on this Friday.<br />Health officials here warn modelling suggests... that number could be 8-hundred to even 2-thousand next week if the virus spread isn't slowed.<br />Lee Kyung-eun has details.<br />South Korea reported 3-hundred-71 new cases of COVID-19 on Friday.<br />That's a slight dip from the previous day,... when the figure broke the 4-hundred mark for the first time since the country's first wave back in February and March.<br />The majority of cases are concentrated in the capital region,... mostly linked to a virus-hit church and a mass rally.<br />Now the area's total number of cases is around 72-hundred,... overtaking Daegu once the epicenter of South Korea's outbreak.<br />But concerns are growing across the country as cluster infections are popping up far from the capital.<br />As of Friday, cases outside the capital region take up about 28 percent of the cases reported in the past two weeks,... jumping drastically from the previous 6 percent.<br />This means South Korea could see the worst case scenario.<br />"COVID-19 patients are on a continuous rise,... making it more evident that we are heading into a large scale viral wave."<br />At the center of the latest local transmissions are churches, where 14-hundred cases were reported from 12 different locations,... prompting the government to call for extra caution.<br />"Starting this weekend, all churches should shift to online services and restrict in-person gatherings and group dining."<br />The coming days will be key to containing the outbreak, as the government says...if the situation isn't brought under control, the country could see up to 8-hundred to two thousand daily cases next week.<br />Lee Kyung-eun, Arirang News.<br />
