At Least 6 More COVID-19 Cases Including a Family in Seoul Confirmed... Total Now 1,327

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[Asia Economy Reporter Jang Sehee] On the 1st, Seoul's autonomous districts announced 6 additional confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus infection (COVID-19). As a result, the cumulative number of confirmed cases in Seoul increased to at least 1,327. In Gwanak-gu, 5 additional cases, numbered 119 to 123 within the district, were confirmed on the same day.

Among them, 4 cases, Gwanak 119 to 122, are from the same family and are related to patient Gwanak 113 (a 62-year-old male) who was confirmed positive on the 27th of last month.

Cases 119 to 121 are presumed to have been infected by patient 113, and case 122 had contact with case 119 on the 30th of last month.

Case Gwanak 123 is a family member of patient Gwanak 84 (a 70-year-old female) who was confirmed positive on the 20th of last month.

In Dongjak-gu, a woman in her 20s living in Noryangjin 2-dong (Dongjak 54) tested positive on the day after being tested at Soonchunhyang University Hospital the previous day.

This patient had symptoms such as cough and headache since the 23rd of last month, and the route of infection has not been identified. The quarantine authorities instructed the patient's two younger siblings living together to self-isolate and undergo COVID-19 testing.

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