Yangcheon-gu Reports 60th and 61st Confirmed COVID-19 Cases

Yangcheon Case 60 (Sinjeong 1-dong, Male in 70s · Confirmed case related to Gangseo-gu SJ Investment Company Case 59, Sinjeong 1-dong, Female in 60s, Cohabitant), Case 61 (Mok 2-dong, Male in 20s · Contact of Yangcheon-gu Table Tennis Club related confirmed case 46, Mok 2-dong, Female in 50s)

[Asia Economy Reporter Jongil Park] On the 10th, Yangcheon-gu (District Mayor Kim Sooyoung) reported the 60th and 61st confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus infection (COVID-19).

The newly confirmed cases are two individuals: the 60th case (a man in his 70s residing in Sinjeong 1-dong) and the 61st case (a man in his 20s residing in Mok 2-dong).

The 60th confirmed case, Mr. A, is a cohabitant of the 59th confirmed case (a woman in her 60s residing in Sinjeong 1-dong, confirmed positive on the 9th), who is related to the SJ Investment Company in Gangseo-gu. Mr. A was an asymptomatic confirmed case who was tested at the Yangcheon-gu Public Health Center screening clinic on the 9th (Tuesday) and received a final positive diagnosis on the 10th.

Additionally, the 61st confirmed case had contact with a confirmed case related to a table tennis club located in Yangcheon-gu (the 46th case, a woman in her 50s residing in Mok 2-dong, confirmed positive on the 6th). Symptoms such as sore throat appeared on the 9th, and the individual was tested at the Yangcheon-gu Public Health Center screening clinic on the 9th and received a final positive diagnosis on the 10th.

The district has requested hospital beds at a nationally designated hospital to transfer the confirmed cases. After transfer, disinfection will be conducted immediately around the residential areas of the confirmed cases.

The district will promptly and accurately disclose the movement paths of the confirmed cases and other information through the Yangcheon-gu website and SNS (blog, Instagram) as soon as they are confirmed.

With this, the cumulative number of COVID-19 confirmed cases in Yangcheon-gu has reached 61.

Kim Sooyoung, Mayor of Yangcheon-gu, stated, “At multi-use facilities during the COVID-19 pandemic, please maintain a certain distance between people and wear masks properly. For the safety of yourself and our community, please strictly adhere to quarantine guidelines.”

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