New Confirmed Cases 25... Single-Digit Local Transmission After One Week (Update)

The stands of professional sports, which had been closed due to the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, have reopened. On the first day of professional baseball spectators' admission, the 26th, citizens visiting Jamsil Baseball Stadium in Seoul lined up to get uniform markings. The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism decided to allow spectators to enter at 10% capacity starting from the professional baseball games held that day. Photo by Kim Hyun-min kimhyun81@

[Asia Economy Reporter Cho Hyun-ui] The number of confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus infection (COVID-19) in South Korea increased by 25 on the 27th.

The Central Disease Control Headquarters (CDCH) announced that as of midnight on that day, the total number of COVID-19 confirmed cases rose by 25 from the previous day’s midnight to 14,175.

The daily new confirmed cases fluctuated between 40 and 60 for four days since the 20th, but surged to 113 on the 25th, mainly due to confirmed cases among Korean workers returning from a construction site in Iraq and Russian seamen. The previous day recorded 58 cases.

Among the 25 newly confirmed cases, 9 were locally transmitted and 16 were imported.

Except for one case, all local transmissions occurred in the Seoul metropolitan area: 6 in Seoul, 2 in Gyeonggi, and 1 in Busan. Local cases had maintained between 20 and 30 since the 20th (4 cases), but dropped to the 10s the previous day and to single digits on this day.

Of the 16 imported cases, 7 were detected during quarantine. The remaining 9 tested positive while in self-isolation at their residences or temporary living facilities in Gyeonggi (4), Seoul (3), and Chungbuk and Chungnam (1 each).

The countries from which imported cases arrived were led by the Philippines with 4 cases, followed by Iraq and Russia (3 each), Kazakhstan and Hong Kong (2 each), and the United States and Belgium (1 each).

Among the 25 new confirmed cases on this day, 15 occurred in the Seoul metropolitan area. New cases were reported in 5 cities and provinces nationwide.

The number of patients who have recovered and been released from isolation reached 12,905, an increase of 15 from the previous day. The death toll rose by 1 to 299.

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