[Breaking] 108 New COVID-19 Cases in Gyeonggi-do... 31 Village Residents Infected in Yangpyeong Cluster

[Asia Economy Reporter Kim Ga-yeon] Gyeonggi Province announced that as of midnight on the 15th, there were 108 new confirmed cases in one day. In Seojong-myeon, Yangpyeong-gun, 31 residents were confirmed positive in a mass infection within the village community unit, not in facilities such as churches, in just one day.

In Gyeonggi Province, following 47 confirmed cases on the 13th, 108 new confirmed cases occurred on the 14th, resulting in a total of 156 new confirmed cases over two days.

The infection routes of the new confirmed cases are as follows: 48 related to Yongin Woori Jeil Church, 31 related to the Yangpyeong village festival, 11 related to Seoul Sarang Jeil Church, 1 related to Goyang Banseok Church, 1 related to Goyang Gippeum153 Church, and 7 with unknown infection routes.

Meanwhile, as new confirmed cases originating from churches in the metropolitan area show a sharp increase, the government plans to hold an emergency Central Disaster and Safety Countermeasures Headquarters meeting on the same day to decide whether to raise the metropolitan area’s social distancing to Level 2.

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