10 Confirmed Cases in One Day Including Navy Family, Kindergarten, and High School Students in Changwon, Gyeongnam... Total 452 Cases (Comprehensive Report 2)

Two students attending Jangcheon Elementary School in Jinhae-gu, Changwon City, tested positive for the novel coronavirus infection (COVID-19) on the 20th. In response, health authorities have set up a screening clinic at Jangcheon Elementary School and are conducting tests by classifying contacts and individuals exposed to the movement paths. Photo by Joo Cheol-in lx906@

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters, Reporter Jucheol In] In Gyeongnam, where social distancing was raised to level 1.5, five new confirmed cases of COVID-19 were reported in the morning, followed by five additional cases in the afternoon.

As of 5 p.m. on the 20th, Gyeongnam Province announced that a high school student residing in Jinju City (Gyeongnam case 451), a boy living in Changwon (case 452), a man in his 40s (case 453), a man in his 20s (case 454), and a man in his 70s residing in Sacheon (case 455) tested positive after 10 a.m. that day.

Case 451 attended school until the 19th and was tested at a screening clinic due to symptoms of fever and cough.

The Jinju City quarantine authorities have set up a screening clinic at this school and are testing students and staff.

Case 452 was classified as a contact child of case 384, who tested positive on the 14th and worked at a kindergarten, and tested positive during self-quarantine.

Case 453 was confirmed to have been with cases 400, 421, and 435, who were confirmed positive after a gathering at the 'Hansushi' restaurant in Changwon on the 13th.

Case 454 experienced COVID-19 symptoms on the 18th and was tested at the Changwon City Health Center. The infection route and contacts are under investigation.

Case 455 was a contact of case 355, one of the elderly couple in Sacheon who tested positive on the 8th, and tested positive during self-quarantine.

Earlier that morning, a family including a man in his 30s living in Jinhae-gu, Changwon City (case 446) and his two elementary school children (cases 447 and 448) tested positive. They are family members of case 440, who was confirmed positive the previous day.

The family of case 440 consists of five members, four of whom have tested positive. Case 446 is known to be a navy personnel, prompting an alert at the military base in the Jinhae area.

Case 446 worked until the morning of the 19th. After hearing about the family’s positive results, he was tested at a screening clinic. The quarantine authorities and the navy will cooperate to conduct an epidemiological investigation.

Cases 447 and 448, children of the navy family, are students at Jangcheon Elementary School in Jinhae-gu. Both attended school until the 19th.

The quarantine authorities have set up a screening clinic at Jangcheon Elementary School and are classifying contacts and exposure routes for testing.

Previously, confirmed cases were reported at Woongdong Elementary, Woongdong Middle, and Woongcheon Elementary affiliated kindergartens in Jinhae-gu, leading to remote classes at these three schools.

Along with the navy family, a male high school student (case 449) and a woman in her 60s (case 450), both living in the same Jinhae-gu, also tested positive that day.

Case 449 is a family member of case 430, a student at Woongdong Middle School in Jinhae-gu who tested positive the previous day, and case 450 had contact with case 433, a confirmed case related to Woongdong Elementary School in Jinhae-gu.

Accordingly, the cumulative number of confirmed cases in the province has increased to 452. Of these, 340 have been discharged and 112 are currently hospitalized.

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