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[Asia Economy Reporter Kim Heung-soon] One additional confirmed case has been reported in Yecheon, Gyeongbuk, where a cluster outbreak of the novel coronavirus infection (COVID-19) occurred.


According to Gyeongbuk Province and Yecheon County on the 20th, an 18-year-old male teenager residing in Homyeong-myeon tested positive for COVID-19 yesterday. This male was tested as a contact of a 19-year-old male confirmed case from Yecheon-eup who was diagnosed on the 13th. The county is currently tracking the movement routes of the new patient.



In Yecheon, confirmed cases have been occurring daily since a woman in her 40s, her three family members, and a coworker were diagnosed positive on the 9th. So far, the cumulative number of confirmed cases in the area is 39, with 37 cases occurring in the past 12 days.


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