Four Additional Confirmed Cases Including a Family in Gwangju Linked to a Seongnam Patient Returning to Hometown

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Yoon Jamin] In Gwangju, the n-th infection related to Seongnam patient number 724 is spreading rapidly.

According to Gwangju Metropolitan City on the 4th, four additional people, including the parents of Seongnam patient number 724, were confirmed positive in the afternoon and were classified as Gwangju patients number 734 to 737.

Including the previously announced patient number 733, a total of five people have been confirmed positive as of 6 p.m. today. Four are family members, and one is a coworker.

The previously announced Gwangju patient number 733 is the mother of Seongnam patient number 724 and works at the KT Gwangju Information and Communication Center cafeteria. Patient number 734 is the maternal grandmother, 735 is the younger sibling, and 736 is the father.

Patient number 737 has been confirmed as a coworker of patient number 733.

Seongnam patient number 724, who resides in Bundang, Gyeonggi Province, developed symptoms on the 2nd and was tested on the 3rd, receiving a positive diagnosis. The route of infection is under investigation.

Health authorities are conducting additional epidemiological investigations as n-th infections are occurring not only among the family of Seongnam patient number 724 but also among coworkers.

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