On the 8th, citizens are receiving medical examinations at an outdoor specimen collection booth installed in front of the COVID-19 screening clinic at Gwangjin-gu Public Health Center in Seoul. Photo by Moon Honam munonam@

On the 8th, citizens are receiving medical examinations at an outdoor specimen collection booth installed in front of the COVID-19 screening clinic at Gwangjin-gu Public Health Center in Seoul. Photo by Moon Honam munonam@

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[Asia Economy Reporter Hwang Yoon-joo] As of 6 p.m. on the 8th, the Seoul Metropolitan Government announced that the cumulative number of confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus infection (COVID-19) in Seoul increased by 7 from midnight to a total of 1,392.


More than half of the new confirmed cases are related to overseas contact. Four people were confirmed positive after returning from abroad.



The others include 1 person related to Wangseong Church in Gwanak-gu, 1 person under investigation for infection route, and 1 person related to a financial company in Yeoksam-dong, Gangnam-gu. The total number of confirmed cases related to Wangseong Church in Seoul has increased to 30.


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