28 Confirmed COVID-19 Cases at Seongnim Baptist Church in Buk-gu, Gwangju

33 New Local COVID-19 Cases in One Day on the 26th... Health Authorities Declare 'Serious'

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Yoon Jamin] Twenty-eight COVID-19 cases have been confirmed at Seongnim Baptist Church in Buk-gu, Gwangju. With a total of 33 confirmed cases in one day, the cumulative number of cases in the region has surged past 300, reaching 324.

According to Gwangju Metropolitan City on the 26th, 28 members of Seongnim Baptist Church, 1 under investigation, 1 contact of case 291, 1 contact of case 286, 1 contact of a confirmed case from Cheonan, and 1 contact of case 222 were confirmed positive, classified as Gwangju cases 292 to 324.

Gwangju City confirmed that case 284 attended the Liberation Day rally and subsequently attended worship services at Seongnim Baptist Church three times: on the 16th from 10:30 AM to 12:30 PM and 6 PM to 9 PM, and on the 19th from 6:40 PM to 9:10 PM. On the 25th, tests were conducted on 620 church members.

Case 284 showed symptoms after attending the Gwanghwamun rally and was confirmed positive on the 24th. Although residing in Hwasun, the Hwasun screening clinic was overwhelmed at the time, so the specimen was collected at the nearby screening clinic at Chosun University and classified as a Gwangju case.

Gwangju city officials explained that additional confirmed cases may rapidly increase as more contacts of the confirmed cases are expected.

Meanwhile, since the 12th, 108 confirmed cases have occurred in the Gwangju area. Among them, 100 are local infections and 8 are imported cases.

The number of COVID-19 confirmed cases from the 12th to the current time (10 PM on the 26th) are as follows: 2→2→2→6→7→4→6→1→5→11→17→1→4→7→33.

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