Seoul Reports 8 New COVID-19 Cases Today... Cumulative Total at Least 1,227

As the possibility of the Han River Park swimming pools and water play areas not operating this summer increases due to the resurgence of COVID-19, the swimming pool at Ttukseom Hangang Park in Seoul appeared deserted on the 21st. The Hangang Project Headquarters decided to comprehensively review the COVID-19 situation and make a final decision on whether to open the water play areas by mid-July this year. Photo by Kim Hyun-min kimhyun81@

[Asia Economy Reporter Choi Saeng-hye] On the 21st, Seoul districts Guro, Gangseo, Dobong, Seongbuk, and Songpa announced 8 new COVID-19 positive cases, bringing the cumulative number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Seoul to at least 1,227.

Among the confirmed cases, 4 were reported in Guro-gu. Of these, one is a church pastor, and three are residents of a Chinese-Korean shelter. The confirmed patient living in Hang-dong, Guro-gu, a 52-year-old male (Guro case number 77), is a pastor at Onsu Church.

He underwent testing in Guro-gu after his wife (registered as patient number 160 in Bucheon-si, Gyeonggi-do, where she was tested) was confirmed positive on the 20th. All other cohabiting family members tested negative.

The Guro case number 77 attended worship services at the church on the 7th and 14th of this month. Accordingly, Guro-gu has set up a temporary screening clinic in front of Onsu Church and is conducting specimen tests for worshippers who attended services on those dates.

The three residents of the Garibong-dong Chinese-Korean shelter?a 71-year-old female, a 54-year-old male, and a 58-year-old female (Guro cases 78 to 80)?tested negative in their first test on the 7th and were under self-quarantine. They were tested again on the 20th, just before their scheduled quarantine release. This shelter conducted comprehensive specimen testing for residents following the confirmation of Guro case number 54 on the 7th.

Dobong-gu announced on the 21st that a 13-year-old male middle school student living in Dobong-dong (Dobong case number 58) tested positive following re-examination of self-quarantined individuals related to the cluster infection at Seongsim Daycare Center. He is a family member of Dobong case number 33 (confirmed on the 12th), a center user. The middle school he attends has been conducting online classes since the 8th, so there were no known contacts within the school. Dobong case number 58 and his family underwent their first test on the morning of the 12th, all of which were negative. He developed symptoms on the 18th while under self-quarantine and was tested again on the morning of the 20th; the second test result came back positive on the morning of the 21st. For both tests, Dobong case number 58 wore a mask and was driven by his father to the Dobong-gu screening clinic. Consequently, the nationwide cumulative number of patients related to Dobong-gu nursing facilities has reached at least 43, including 39 in Seoul.

Gangseo-gu reported that a man in his 30s living in Hwagok 1-dong (Gangseo case number 79) tested positive for COVID-19 on the 21st. This patient began experiencing symptoms such as fever and muscle pain from the 19th and was tested at the Gangseo-gu Public Health Center screening clinic on the 20th. The infection route remains unknown.

A 66-year-old male resident of Garak 2-dong (Songpa case number 54) had symptoms including cough, sputum, and fever since the 17th. He was tested at a hospital outside Songpa-gu on the 20th and confirmed positive on the 21st, after which he was transferred to Seoul Medical Center.

In Seongbuk-gu, a 48-year-old female resident of Gireum-dong (Seongbuk case number 33), who arrived on a passenger flight from Atlanta, USA on the afternoon of the 19th and was tested the following day, was confirmed positive on the 21st. The test results of her cohabiting family members have not yet been released.

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