All but One New Confirmed Case in the Capital Area... Total 38 Cases (Update)

Seoul Yangjeong High School in Yangcheon-gu, which had decided to suspend attendance after a current student's university-aged sister and mother tested positive for COVID-19, resumed classes on the 2nd following the student's negative test result. According to the Seoul Metropolitan Office of Education on the 31st, A, a second-year student at Yangjeong High School, had his university-aged sister confirmed positive for COVID-19 the previous day and she was transferred to an isolation treatment hospital. Photo by Kim Hyun-min shows Yangjeong High School students attending school on the 2nd.

[Asia Economy Reporter Cho Hyun-ui] The number of confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus infection (COVID-19) in South Korea increased by 38 on the 2nd.

The Central Disease Control Headquarters (CDCH) announced that as of midnight on that day, the total number of COVID-19 confirmed cases was 11,541, an increase of 38 from midnight the previous day.

The number of new confirmed cases showed a decreasing trend from the 28th to the 31st of last month, with 79 → 58 → 39 → 27 cases respectively, as infections related to Itaewon club and Bucheon Coupang logistics center in Gyeonggi Province decreased. However, due to the impact of a cluster infection at a church in the metropolitan area, the number started to rise again from the previous day.

Among the new cases, all but one occurred in the metropolitan area: 14 in Seoul, 8 in Incheon, and 15 in Gyeonggi Province.

There were 36 domestic cases and 2 imported cases. The domestic cases were distributed as 13 in Seoul, 8 in Incheon, and 15 in Gyeonggi Province. The imported cases included 1 in Seoul and 1 detected through airport quarantine.

The number of patients who have been declared recovered and released from isolation reached 10,446, an increase of 24 from the previous day. The death toll rose by 1 to 272.

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