Cluster Infections Continue... 20 New COVID-19 Cases in Seoul

1 Imported Case and 19 Domestic Infections

On the 27th, students at Seongsu High School in Seongdong-gu, Seoul, were undergoing diagnostic tests at a temporary screening clinic set up on the school premises. A third-year student at the school, who tested positive for COVID-19 on the 26th, is reported to have attended school every weekday last week. Photo by Hyunmin Kim kimhyun81@

[Asia Economy Reporter Kim Ji-hee] From midnight to 6 p.m. on the 2nd, 20 new confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus infection (COVID-19) were added in Seoul.

According to Seoul City on the 2nd, among the 20 new confirmed cases that day, only 1 was imported from overseas, and the remaining 19 were domestic infections.

New confirmed cases continued to occur in ongoing major cluster infections. There were 3 cases from Seoul music lessons (total 20 in Seoul), 3 from a gym in Gangnam-gu (21), 2 from a hospital in Songpa-gu (16), 1 from the Ace Hope Care Center in Dongdaemun-gu (14), 1 from Lucky Sauna in Gangnam-gu (36), 1 from a golf meeting in Dongmun, Yongin City (26), and 1 from a family in Guro-gu and a dance academy in Bucheon (4).

In the 'Others' category, which combines sporadic infection cases and old cluster infections, 2 cases (total 4045) were added, and 5 cases (1034) with unclear infection routes are under investigation.

Accordingly, the cumulative number of COVID-19 confirmed cases in Seoul reached 6,101.

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