One Additional Confirmed Case Each in Gwangju, Gokseong, and Suncheon... Spread of n-th Generation Infections

Published 20 Aug.2020 09:50(KST)

Kim Jong-hyo, Deputy Mayor of Gwangju Metropolitan City, is holding a briefing on the response to the novel coronavirus infection on the 19th. Photo by Gwangju Metropolitan City

[Asia Economy Intern Reporter Min Jun-young] As the n-th wave of COVID-19 infections spreads in Gwangju Metropolitan City and the Jeonnam region, three additional confirmed cases have been reported.

On the 20th, according to Gwangju City and Jeonnam Province, a teenage elementary school student, Ms. A, residing in Buk-gu, tested positive for COVID-19 in the morning, becoming the 247th confirmed case in Gwangju.

Ms. A was confirmed positive while in self-quarantine as the daughter of a man in his 40s living in Buk-gu (the 226th confirmed case in Gwangju), who was infected through contact with the 221st confirmed case in Gwangju, a worker at a Gwangju entertainment establishment.

The number of confirmed cases related to the Gwangju entertainment venue has increased to 21, including n-th wave infections, since the first case was reported on the 12th.

The city has tested about 1,900 people, including visitors and contacts of the entertainment business establishments, but still considers that many have not undergone testing and has therefore issued administrative measures to mandate diagnostic testing.

In Gokseong, Jeonnam, one child under the age of 10 of Mr. B, a man in his 30s who was confirmed positive, was diagnosed positive after retesting.

Mr. B was investigated to have come into contact with his younger sibling, who was confirmed positive, during a visit to his sibling's house in Iksan from the 15th to 16th, along with his two children, after their home was flooded by heavy rain on the 8th.

In Suncheon, a person in their 70s who visited a door-to-door sales business in Seoul on the 13th and showed suspicious symptoms tested positive on the same day.