One More COVID-19 Case Confirmed in Gwangju... Infection Route Under Investigation

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Yoon Jamin] An additional COVID-19 case with an unclear infection route has been confirmed in Gwangju.

According to Gwangju Metropolitan City on the 3rd, Mr. A, a resident of Seonam-dong, Gwangsan-gu, was diagnosed positive and classified as the 732nd confirmed case in the region.

Mr. A developed symptoms and visited a screening clinic for testing, which returned a positive result. The infection route is currently under investigation.

Meanwhile, the infection route previously labeled as ‘related to workplace sports club’ has been changed to ‘related to Jeonnam 367th case’.

This change was made after epidemiological investigation confirmed contact routes with Jeonnam 367th case (confirmed on November 24), Jeonnam 377th case (confirmed on November 25), and Gwangju 680th case confirmed on the 28th of last month.

Gwangju 680th case is the initial confirmed case related to the recently spreading workplace sports club cluster.

Currently, 130 COVID-19 patients in Gwangju are receiving treatment, all of whom are mild cases.

A total of 239,968 people have been tested, and 3,073 are awaiting results.

19,031 people have been identified as confirmed cases or contacts, among whom 2,289 are in quarantine.

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