[Asia Economy Reporter Dongwoo Lee] Bucheon City, Gyeonggi Province, announced on the 24th that 11 additional elementary school students attending a certain dance academy, where confirmed cases have been occurring consecutively, tested positive for COVID-19.


Eleven elementary school students, including A (8), were confirmed positive as a result of comprehensive testing conducted on all 210 instructors and students at the academy.


Previously, at the academy, an instructor residing in Guro-gu, Seoul, was the first to be confirmed positive, followed by two elementary school students in Bucheon testing positive.


Accordingly, the number of confirmed cases related to the academy in the Bucheon area has increased to 13 elementary school students. The schools they attend are Sandeul Elementary School and Beodeul Elementary School in Ok-gil-dong, Bucheon City, and Ilsin Elementary School and Beombak Elementary School in Beombak-dong, totaling four schools.


Health authorities are also conducting specimen tests on hundreds of students and staff members at the schools these elementary students attended.


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As of today, the cumulative number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in the Bucheon area is 397.


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