Seoul, Total COVID-19 Cases Reach 1,230... "6 More Confirmed"

[Asia Economy Reporter Yoo Hyun-seok] As of 6 p.m. on the 22nd, the Seoul Metropolitan Government announced that the cumulative number of confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus infection (COVID-19) occurring in Seoul was 1,230.

This is an increase of 6 cases compared to the Central Disease Control Headquarters' tally as of midnight on the same day. However, the Seoul Metropolitan Government did not immediately disclose the confirmation dates of the additionally identified patients.

Among the newly identified patients, 5 were classified as 'related to Richway,' and 1 was classified as a 'contact of a confirmed case from another city/province.'

Separately from the Seoul Metropolitan Government's announcement, Gangseo-gu and Gangnam-gu disclosed that one confirmed case each occurred on the day. A male patient in his 60s residing in Hwagok 6-dong, Gangseo-gu (Gangseo 80th case) tested positive on the day after undergoing a test the previous day, just before his scheduled quarantine release. This patient is a family member of an SJ Investment Company consultant (Gangseo 64th case) who was confirmed positive and related to the Richway cluster in Gwanak-gu, and had been under self-quarantine since the 8th.

A 27-year-old male living in Yeoksam-dong, Gangnam-gu (Gangnam 81st case) tested positive on the day after undergoing a test on the 21st, immediately after his self-quarantine was lifted. It is presumed that he was infected when he came into contact on the 6th of this month at a pub located in Seocho-dong with a confirmed case who is an employee of Myeongseong Housing, where a secondary cluster infection originating from Richway occurred (Gangwon Chuncheon 9th case). He had been under self-quarantine since the 9th, when the Gangwon Chuncheon 9th case was confirmed.

Earlier, on the 21st, Guro-gu disclosed that a 71-year-old woman (Guro 78th case), a 54-year-old man (Guro 79th case), and a 58-year-old woman (Guro 80th case), all residents of the Chinese Korean shelter in Garibong-dong, were confirmed positive, but these cases were not included in the Central Disease Control Headquarters' tally as of midnight on the 22nd.

All of them are patients infected through the secondary infections originating from Richway.

The Seoul Metropolitan Government did not immediately disclose whether the confirmed cases Guro 78th to 80th from the previous day or Gangseo 80th and Gangnam 81st cases confirmed on the day were included in the tally announced as of 6 p.m. on the day.

Meanwhile, Guro-gu announced that it set up a temporary screening clinic in front of 'Onsu Church' in the district, where a pastor (Guro-gu 77th case, confirmed on the 21st) and his wife (Gyeonggi Bucheon 160th case, confirmed on the 20th) were confirmed positive, and conducted COVID-19 tests on 157 worshippers on the 21st. All results came back negative on the 22nd.

Guro-gu explained that although 13 people including cohabiting family members, church officials, and the praise team who were suspected to have had close contact with the confirmed cases tested negative, they will enter a two-week self-quarantine. Guro-gu added that some believers who were unable to get tested the previous day were instructed to undergo testing at the public health center's screening clinic on the day.

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