Gwangju Reports COVID-19 Cases Immediately After Easing Social Distancing to Level 1

Local Transmission After 12 Days... Infection Route Under Investigation

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Yoon Jamin] As soon as Gwangju Metropolitan City eased social distancing to Level 1, a COVID-19 case was confirmed.

According to Gwangju Metropolitan City on the 12th, Mr. A, residing in Seodong, Nam-gu, was diagnosed with COVID-19 the day before and classified as Gwangju case number 497.

The route of infection is currently under investigation.

This is the first COVID-19 case in the Gwangju area in eight days since an overseas entrant was confirmed positive on the 3rd.

Regarding local transmission, it is the first case in 12 days since three cases occurred on the 29th of last month.

Among the 497 cases confirmed in Gwangju, 492 have fully recovered and been discharged, and 2 are currently receiving treatment. There have been 3 deaths.

So far, a total of 154,004 people have been tested for COVID-19, of which 153,368 tested negative, and 139 are awaiting test results.

There are a total of 11,158 contacts of confirmed cases, with 18 currently in quarantine.

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