Four Additional Confirmed Cases in Jesa Gathering Cluster Infection... Spread to Capital Area, Changwon, Tongyeong

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters, Reporter Ju Cheol-in] Four additional confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus infection (COVID-19) occurred overnight in Gyeongnam.

This is a secondary infection related to a family gathering for ancestral rites, after which relatives were consecutively confirmed with COVID-19.

According to Gyeongnam Province on the 27th, a woman in her 20s residing in Changwon (Gyeongnam case 311), another woman in her 20s (case 313), and a woman in her 50s (case 314) tested positive.

They were notified as contacts after attending the ancestral rites with family members from the metropolitan area who tested positive for COVID-19, and had contact with cases 304 and 309 who were confirmed positive.

The number of confirmed cases related to the Changwon ancestral rites gathering has increased to 10 within the province.

In Tongyeong, a woman in her 50s (case 312) who had contact with a relative residing in the metropolitan area who tested positive (Anyang case 253) was confirmed positive. Health authorities are currently identifying contacts and movement paths of the new confirmed cases.

The cumulative number of confirmed cases in the province has risen to 311 (292 discharged, 19 hospitalized).

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