Two New COVID-19 Cases in Gwangju Area in One Day... Related to Case 192

Cumulative Confirmed Cases 202

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters, Reporter Yoon Jamin] One additional COVID-19 case was confirmed in the Gwangju area, bringing the total number of confirmed cases for the day to two.

According to Gwangju Metropolitan City on the 24th, a man in his 40s, Mr. A, residing in Sangmu Line Daeju 2nd Apartment in Chipyeong-dong, Seo-gu, Gwangju, was diagnosed with COVID-19 and classified as Gwangju case number 202.

Mr. A was identified as a contact of Gwangju case number 197 and began experiencing symptoms such as headache and body aches starting from the 20th.

Earlier that same day, a woman in her 70s, also named Ms. A, living in Yangdong, Seo-gu, was confirmed positive for COVID-19.

Both of the two cases confirmed the previous day were asymptomatic patients related to case number 192, increasing the total number of confirmed cases linked to case 192 to nine over two days.

Meanwhile, since the second wave of COVID-19 began in Gwangju on the 27th of last month, 169 people have been confirmed positive.

By infection route, there are 40 cases related to Gwangju Sarang Church, 32 cases from Geumyang Officetel, 30 from Ilgok Central Church, 14 from Gwangju Gosi Academy, 14 from a badminton club, 8 from Gwangneuksa Temple, 11 from contact with other cities/provinces (Songpa case 60), 8 from contact with confirmed cases (Gwangju case 192), 8 imported cases, and 3 under investigation.

By age group, there are 5 cases under 10 years old, 6 in their teens, 6 in their 20s, 12 in their 30s, 23 in their 40s, 35 in their 50s, 46 in their 60s, 21 in their 70s, 8 in their 80s, and 5 in their 90s.

From the 27th of last month to the present day (as of 8 a.m.), the daily case numbers have been as follows: 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→9→2.

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