Seoul Reports 23 New COVID-19 Cases Yesterday... Additional Infections at Funeral Homes and Restaurants

On the 13th, citizens are waiting to get tested at the COVID-19 screening clinic set up at the Gangnam-gu Public Health Center in Seoul. Photo by Mun Ho-nam munonam@

[Asia Economy Reporter Jo In-kyung] Despite the government's implementation of Level 1 social distancing measures, sporadic small-scale group infections have occurred, causing the number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Seoul to increase by more than 20 per day.

As of midnight on the 14th, the Seoul Metropolitan Government announced that the number of new COVID-19 cases in Seoul increased by 23 from the previous day, bringing the total cumulative confirmed cases to 5,607.

The daily number of confirmed cases in Seoul recorded 33 on the 6th, then 20 on the 7th, 22 on the 8th, 25 on the 9th, 23 on the 10th, increased to 31 on the 11th, and then was counted as 20 on the 12th and 23 on the 13th.

New confirmed cases occurred additionally at places frequently used by citizens, such as funeral homes and restaurants.

At Dongshin Funeral Home in Seodaemun-gu, after one funeral attendee was initially confirmed positive on the 8th, 10 more cases were confirmed by the 12th, and 3 additional cases on the 13th, bringing the total related confirmed cases to 14. Notably, among the newly confirmed cases on that day were one medical institution staff member who had been hospitalized with COVID-19 and two family members of this staff member. The health authorities are conducting tests on a total of 57 contacts related to the medical institution and are carrying out additional epidemiological investigations.

Regarding the group infection at a restaurant in Gwanak-gu, one restaurant worker residing in another city was initially confirmed positive on September 26th, followed by 5 more cases by the 12th of this month, and one additional case on the 13th, increasing the total related confirmed cases to 7. Among them, 4 confirmed cases reside in Seoul.

Meanwhile, in Seoul, one confirmed patient in their 80s who was undergoing isolation treatment died on the 12th, raising the total number of COVID-19 deaths to 66.

So far, 5,050 patients have been declared recovered and discharged, and 491 patients are currently receiving isolation treatment.

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