6 COVID-19 Cases Confirmed in Gangnam Residents, Including Family and Contacts from Other Regions

[Asia Economy Reporter Park Jong-il] On the 4th, six additional COVID-19 cases were confirmed in Gangnam-gu.

With this, the cumulative number of confirmed cases in Gangnam-gu has increased to 209.

First, two residents of Apgujeong-dong were confirmed to be family members living with a Gangnam-gu resident who tested positive the previous day. Another Apgujeong-dong resident contracted the virus through contact with a confirmed case from another region. A resident of Gaepo-dong tested positive in the morning after undergoing specimen testing at the Gangnam-gu Public Health Center due to loss of smell symptoms.

Another Gaepo-dong resident, showing symptoms such as cough and sputum, was tested at the Gwangmyeong City Public Health Center in Gyeonggi-do, and a third Gaepo-dong resident was confirmed positive at Samsung Seoul Hospital due to runny nose symptoms. They were all transferred to the Gangnam-gu Public Health Center in the afternoon.

Gangnam-gu is conducting two rounds of testing for all individuals under self-quarantine: one immediately before entering quarantine and another right after, to determine COVID-19 infection status and minimize community transmission.

District Mayor Jung Soon-gyun said, "Even if you have completed the two-week self-quarantine period without symptoms, please do not be complacent. Upon release from self-quarantine, visit the Gangnam-gu Public Health Center and be sure to undergo a retest."

◇Status of Self-Quarantined Individuals

As of the 4th, Gangnam-gu is managing 1,506 self-quarantined individuals, of whom 754 are overseas arrivals and 752 are domestic contacts.

◇Number of Specimen Tests

The cumulative number of specimen tests conducted at the Gangnam-gu Public Health Center screening clinic is 50,336. Among those tested, 85 are related to the Sarang Jeil Church in Seongbuk-gu, and 1,171 are related to the Seoul downtown rally.

On the previous day, among 431 tested individuals, 55 were overseas arrivals and 376 were domestic residents.

According to data from the Seoul Metropolitan Public Health Foundation on the same day, as of midnight on the 2nd, the incidence rate of confirmed cases per 100,000 population in Seoul was 41.79. Comparing the incidence rates per 100,000 population across Seoul’s 25 autonomous districts, Gangnam-gu recorded 35.66, which is lower than the overall incidence rate.

Although the district has a very high population density and a daily economically active population of one million, it ranked 16th in incidence rate among the autonomous districts as of midnight on the 2nd.

The relatively low incidence rate in Gangnam-gu is attributed to the early implementation of a proactive testing strategy regardless of symptoms, initiated after the third domestic confirmed case visited Gangnam-gu on January 26, when the district entered an emergency response system to prevent so-called ‘silent transmission.’

This content was produced with the assistance of AI translation services.