9 Elderly People Mass Confirmed Positive in Sacheon, Gyeongnam

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 Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Choi Jae-ho] In Sacheon, Gyeongnam, a large number of elderly people have tested positive for the novel coronavirus infection (COVID-19), prompting health authorities to conduct epidemiological investigations.

Gyeongsangnam-do announced in a COVID-19 response briefing on the 10th that as of 10 a.m., 9 confirmed cases had been reported.

They are women in their 70s to 80s (cases 360?367), who were found to have come into contact with a woman in her 70s (case 355) who tested positive on the 8th with an unknown infection route, at places such as senior centers.

Only a man in his 60s (case 368) was infected through contact with an 80-year-old man (case 357), the spouse of case 355.

Accordingly, the cumulative number of confirmed cases in the province has increased to 365. Of these, 310 have been fully recovered and discharged, and 55 are currently hospitalized.

Meanwhile, no additional infections have occurred beyond the 29 confirmed COVID-19 cases from a family cluster in Changwon.

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