Busan, 8 Local COVID-19 Infections... Total Confirmed Cases Reach 675

On the 16th, when the government raised the social distancing measures to Level 2 due to the spread of COVID-19 in the Seoul and Gyeonggi areas, church members at Yeouido Full Gospel Church in Seoul attended Sunday worship while maintaining distance. Photo by Kim Hyun-min

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Kim Yong-woo] On the 16th, when social distancing measures were raised to Level 2 in the Seoul metropolitan area, eight new confirmed cases of COVID-19 were reported in Busan.

Busan City, which had announced in the morning that there were no additional confirmed cases as of midnight, urgently reported a cluster of new cases in the afternoon. The new confirmed cases in Busan on this day resulted from mass testing of 675 suspected COVID-19 patients conducted the previous day. All eight additional confirmed patients were transferred to Busan Medical Center.

As a result, the cumulative number of confirmed cases in Busan increased to 213. Among them, three have died, and 158 have been discharged after recovery.

Currently, 40 confirmed patients are receiving treatment at Busan Medical Center, including two patients transferred from quarantine stations and 38 local confirmed cases. Fourteen patients are being treated at Busan National University Hospital.

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