COVID-19 New Cases 60 Yesterday... Foreign Nationals Exceed Half (Update)

Current Status of Domestic Cases by Central Disease Control Headquarters
39 Overseas Cases · 21 Domestic Cases... 33 Foreigners Among Overseas Inflows

On the afternoon of the 16th, quarantine officials are disinfecting around the Russian-flagged deep-sea fishing vessel A, docked at a shipyard in Yeongdo-gu, Busan.

[Asia Economy Reporter Choi Dae-yeol] On the 17th, the newly confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus infection (COVID-19) were counted at 60. Among them, 39 cases are presumed to have been imported from overseas, and 21 cases were infected domestically.

According to the Central Disease Control Headquarters, as of 0:00 on that day, among the 39 newly confirmed imported cases, 6 were Korean nationals and 33 were foreigners. Regarding the departure locations before these imported cases entered the country, most of them, 30 cases, came from Asian countries other than China. Eight cases came from the Americas, and one case from Africa was confirmed positive after entering the country.

Many COVID-19 cases were found on a Russian vessel that docked at Busan Gamcheon Port the previous day, mostly detected during quarantine. Among the 39 imported cases, 25 were identified at the quarantine stage, while the remaining 14 were confirmed positive while in isolation within the local community. In late March, when imported cases were at their peak, many cases were confirmed among Korean residents or students returning from abroad. Recently, however, a majority of cases have been occurring among foreigners entering the country.

Among the 21 domestically infected cases, Seoul reported the highest number with 7 cases, followed by Gyeonggi and Gwangju with 5 cases each. Daejeon reported 1 case, and Jeju reported 3 confirmed cases. The Jeju cases are presumed to have been infected through contact with a Seoul resident who visited Jeju for travel. On the previous day, 2 COVID-19 patients died and 64 were released from isolation, bringing the total number of patients currently in isolation to 919, a slight decrease from the day before.

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