[Asia Economy Yang Nak-gyu Reporter] The number of confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus infection (COVID-19) within the military has increased to 26.


According to the Ministry of National Defense on the 28th, as of 10 a.m. that day, the number of confirmed COVID-19 cases rose by one from the previous day to 26. The additional confirmed case was reported to be an Air Force officer in the Cheongju area.


Currently, confirmed COVID-19 cases in the military are 15 in the Army, 1 in the Navy, 1 in the Marine Corps, and 9 in the Air Force, showing a sharp upward trend.


The military reported its first confirmed COVID-19 case on the 20th. A corporal who had taken leave from the Jeju Navy base to Daegu was the first to be diagnosed with COVID-19 within the military.


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At an Army unit in Pocheon, an Army corporal was the first to be confirmed positive, and subsequently, three soldiers from the same unit were diagnosed through secondary transmission, rapidly increasing the number of secondary transmission cases within the military.


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