4 COVID-19 Cases Confirmed in Gwangju Area...Total 191 Cases

3 Overseas Arrivals and 1 Local Infection

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Yoon Jamin] Four new COVID-19 cases have been confirmed in Gwangju. Three are imported cases from overseas, and one is a local infection.

According to Gwangju Metropolitan City on the 22nd, the total cumulative number of local confirmed cases increased to 191 as of the previous day.

Cases 188 to 190 are all men in their 40s to 50s who entered from Uzbekistan. They all arrived at Incheon Airport in the morning of the previous day and were confirmed positive while quarantined at the Gwangju Fire Academy dormitory in the afternoon, following the guidelines for overseas entrants.

Case 191 is a woman in her 30s residing in Areummaeul Humansia Apartment, Singa-dong, Gwangsan-gu. She was confirmed to have had contact with case 172 and is classified as related to the badminton club.

She reportedly began showing symptoms such as fever and sore throat from the 19th.

Meanwhile, since the second wave of COVID-19 began in Gwangju on the 27th of last month, 158 people have been confirmed positive.

By infection route, 40 cases are related to Gwangju Sarang Church, 32 to Geumyang Officetel, 28 to Ilgok Central Church, 14 to Gwangju Exam Academy, 14 to the badminton club, 8 to Gwangneuksa Temple, 11 to contact with other cities/provinces (Songpa case 60), 8 are imported cases, and 2 are under investigation.

By age group, there are 5 under 10 years old, 6 in their teens, 6 in their 20s, 12 in their 30s, 22 in their 40s, 31 in their 50s, 43 in their 60s, 18 in their 70s, 8 in their 80s, and 5 in their 90s.

From the 27th of last month to the current day (as of 8 a.m.), the daily case numbers have been 4→4→3→12→22→6→8→16→7→6→8→15→3→9→5→7→1→1→1→5→0→10→1→0→4.

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