Seoul COVID-19 Cases Total 800... Confirmed Infections Continue at Daycare Centers and Elementary Schools

[Asia Economy Reporter Suyeon Woo] As of 6 p.m. on the 26th, the Seoul Metropolitan Government announced that the cumulative number of confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus infection (COVID-19) in Seoul has reached 800. This is an increase of 8 cases compared to 8 hours earlier.

Among the cumulative 800 confirmed cases, 130 are related to the cluster infection linked to Itaewon clubs.

The total number of confirmed patients in Seoul on this day is 17, including 9 cases counted as of 10 a.m. New confirmed cases have been continuously reported in daycare centers, elementary schools, and kindergartens, raising the alert level of health authorities once again.

On the 25th, a citizen visited the screening clinic at the Gangseo-gu Public Health Center in Gangseo-gu, Seoul, amid growing concerns about virus transmission in the area after an art academy instructor in Gangseo-gu tested positive for COVID-19. Photo by Jinhyung Kang aymsdream@

Among the new confirmed cases, patient number 18 in Dobong-gu is a 59-year-old woman living in Chang 2-dong. She works as a cook at Sang-A Daycare Center in Chang 5-dong and came into contact with patient number 39 from Uijeongbu-si, Gyeonggi Province. She was tested on the 25th while asymptomatic.

Health authorities temporarily closed the daycare center where patient number 18 in Dobong-gu worked, collected specimens from about 50 children and 11 staff members including the director, and ordered them to self-quarantine.

Patients number 31 and 32 in Eunpyeong-gu are a boy living in Eungam 2-dong and a man in his 40s who is an acquaintance of the boy’s father. Health authorities decided to close Yeon-eun Elementary School and its attached kindergarten for 48 hours and conduct thorough testing of 158 contacts. Nearby schools postponed attendance for one week.

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