Seoul Reports 30 New COVID-19 Cases... 60% Related to Overseas Contact (Update)

On the 1st, when the mandatory 2-week self-quarantine for all incoming travelers from abroad began, arrivals at Terminal 1 of Incheon International Airport received transportation-related guidance. Photo by Mun Ho-nam munonam@

From midnight on the 4th to 10 a.m. on the 5th, 30 new COVID-19 cases were reported in Seoul.

According to Seoul City on the 5th, among the new cases, 18 were related to overseas contact, 3 were linked to Manmin Central Church, 2 had contact with confirmed cases from other cities or provinces, and 7 were categorized as others. Of the 18 new cases infected through overseas contact, 10 had traveled to the United States, 4 to the United Kingdom, and 1 each to Canada, Turkey, Palau, and the Philippines.

The residences of the new patients were 4 in Songpa-gu, 3 each in Gwanak-gu and Seongbuk-gu, 2 each in Gangnam, Gangdong, Gangseo, Dongdaemun, Seodaemun, Yongsan, and Eunpyeong-gu, and 1 each in Guro, Dongjak, Mapo, Yeongdeungpo, and Jungnang-gu.

A 30-year-old woman hospitalized at Seoul Asan Medical Center resides not in Seoul but in Siheung-si, Gyeonggi Province; however, she was included in the new case count for Seoul.

Among the 34 newly counted confirmed cases, there is a 31-year-old doctor living in Yeoui-dong, Yeongdeungpo-gu, who works at Uijeongbu St. Mary's Hospital, where a cluster infection occurred. This doctor, the 26th confirmed case in Yeongdeungpo-gu, experienced symptoms such as fatigue and nasal congestion starting on the 3rd and was tested at Yeouido St. Mary's Hospital.

Accordingly, as of 10 a.m. on the 5th, the cumulative number of confirmed COVID-19 cases reported by Seoul City was 558. This is 6 more than the count by the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency as of midnight that day.

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