COVID-19 Spread Continues in Seoul, Busan, and Daejeon... 12 Confirmed Cases from Visiting Clinic

[Asia Economy Reporter Buaeri] Sporadic outbreaks of the novel coronavirus infection (COVID-19) continue in the Seoul metropolitan area, Busan, Daejeon, and other regions, resulting in ongoing confirmed cases.

The Central Disease Control Headquarters (CDCH) announced on the 9th at 12 noon that a total of five people have tested positive in connection with the 'Seunggwang Building' in Gangnam-gu, Seoul, and they are investigating the exact source and route of infection.

Since the first confirmed case in this building on the 4th, four more visitors have consecutively tested positive. Among the confirmed cases, three are visitors and two are family members.

In relation to a cosmetics door-to-door sales case in Yeongdeungpo-gu, one additional contact has been infected, bringing the total confirmed cases to nine. Among the confirmed cases, two are employees, three are visitors, and four are family members or acquaintances.

In the 'Sarangnamu Daycare Center' infection case in Gwanak-gu, four additional people under self-quarantine since the 26th of last month have tested positive, confirming a total of 11 infections to date.

In a family cluster outbreak case in Goyang-si, Gyeonggi Province, one more case has been identified, increasing the total confirmed cases to nine.

Confirmed cases related to 'Master Plus Hospital' in Uijeongbu-si, Gyeonggi Province, continue to emerge.

According to the CDCH, one additional person tested positive during contact tracing, bringing the total confirmed cases to 37. Among the confirmed cases, 17 are patients, 16 are caregivers or guardians, three are medical staff, and one is a staff family member.

Infections have also spread in various locations in Daejeon and Busan.

In Daejeon, six additional contacts related to a family meal and acquaintance gatherings have tested positive, bringing the total confirmed cases to 18.

The CDCH reports that transmission occurred through a family meal gathering on the 30th of last month and an acquaintance meeting on the 28th, and continued through an acquaintance family gathering on the 1st of this month, which was Chuseok Day.

So far, three index family members who were initially confirmed positive, two acquaintances, seven family members of acquaintances, five related to a study room, and one colleague have consecutively tested positive. Investigations of contacts are ongoing, so the number of confirmed cases may increase.

In Busan, links between existing cluster infection cases have been confirmed, and the cases have been reclassified as 'door-to-door injection' cases.

According to the CDCH, after the first confirmed case on the 8th, epidemiological investigations revealed connections between a family in Sasang-gu and existing small family cases, increasing the total confirmed cases to 12.

Five family members in Sasang-gu tested positive between the 1st and 5th of this month, two other family members between the 4th and 7th, and another two family members between the 5th and 7th. Regarding the door-to-door injection cases, three people tested positive the day before.

A CDCH official stated regarding their infection routes, "It is presumed that the index patients of each small group used door-to-door injections."

Meanwhile, the proportion of 'unclear' patients who do not know when or where they were infected remained below 20%.

Among the 1,021 new confirmed cases from the 26th of last month to today, 194 cases are under investigation for infection routes, accounting for 19%. This is a slight increase compared to the previous day (18.9%).

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