Gwangju COVID-19 Cases Surge... 11 More Test Positive

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Yoon Jamin] The quarantine front that the Gwangju Metropolitan City quarantine authorities must maintain has expanded.

Gwangju City announced that 11 additional COVID-19 cases were confirmed on the afternoon of the 30th alone.

All are cases of community infection, with 6 confirmed cases related to the hometown restaurant cluster rapidly spreading among coworkers, family, and acquaintances.

Including the index patient number 676, the total number of confirmed cases classified as infected through the hometown restaurant cluster has reached 20.

Cases 701, 702, 705, 707, 708, and 709 are related to the hometown restaurant, and case 703 was confirmed to be related to case 306 in Dongdaemun-gu, Seoul.

Case 704 currently has an unclear infection route and is linked to Gwangju case 647, while cases 706 and 711 are investigated to be associated with Jeonnam cases 418 and 345, respectively.

Case 710 is identified as an n-th generation infection originating from Jeonnam National University Hospital.

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