Daegu Reports 21 New COVID-19 Cases Since Gwangbokjeol... 19 Infections Linked to Seoul Metropolitan Area

No confirmed cases for 43 days after July 4, but infections surge after the 16th
As of the morning of the 21st, 6 out of 7 new confirmed cases linked to the Seoul metropolitan area

Pastor Jeon Gwang-hoon of Sarang Jeil Church, who tested positive for COVID-19, is leaving the Sarang Jeil Church parsonage in Seongbuk-gu, Seoul, on the afternoon of the 17th and moving to board a Seongbuk Health Center vehicle. [Image source=Yonhap News]

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters, Reporter Park Dong-wook] New cases of COVID-19 originating from the Seoul metropolitan area continue to be reported in Daegu. Following 3 new cases on the 20th (including 1 imported case), as of 10 a.m. on the 21st, 7 new COVID-19 cases have been confirmed. Among these 7 cases, 6 are related to the Seoul metropolitan area.

According to Daegu City on the 21st, a woman in her 60s from Dalseo-gu who attended the Gwanghwamun rally on the 15th, a woman in her 30s from Dalseo-gu who had contact with her, and the 30s woman’s daughter were added to the list of new confirmed cases.

Additionally, a man in his 70s who was hospitalized at a nursing home in Seo-gu, which was placed under cohort isolation the previous day, and two contacts related to a confirmed case in Dongjak-gu, Seoul (a man and a woman in their 40s from Suseong-gu) tested positive. The nursing home in Seo-gu is where the director’s husband was confirmed positive after visiting Sarang Jeil Church in Seoul and the Gwanghwamun rally.

Separately, a man in his 60s from Suseong-gu was confirmed positive, but the source of infection has not been identified. Excluding this unidentified source case and the imported case confirmed the previous day (a man returning to Nam-gu), it has been identified that 19 out of 21 locally transmitted confirmed cases in Daegu since the 16th are related to the Seoul metropolitan area.

In Daegu, no COVID-19 cases were reported for 43 days until the 15th, but since the 16th, cases originating from the Seoul metropolitan area have surged, raising concerns about a resurgence. Approximately 1,600 Daegu citizens participated in the Gwanghwamun rally, and about 45% of them, or 725 people, have completed testing.

Meanwhile, as of 10 a.m. on the 21st, the cumulative number of confirmed cases in Daegu stands at 6,966 (6,963 as of midnight).

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