Relentless COVID-19: 19 New Infections Added in Gyeongnam

Kim Myung-seop, spokesperson for Gyeongnam Province.

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Park Saeyan] In Gyeongnam, where a cluster of confirmed cases occurred, 19 additional cases of the novel coronavirus infection (COVID-19) have been reported.

As of 10 a.m. on the 8th, Gyeongnam Province announced that 19 confirmed cases occurred: 7 in Jinju, 6 in Changwon, 2 in Miryang, 1 in Gimhae, 1 in Sacheon, 1 in Tongyeong, and 1 in Geoje.

Among the 7 cases in Jinju, 4 and 1 case in Sacheon are related to the community leaders group. Three people, including a woman in her 50s and a man and woman in their 60s who were contacts of community leader case number 519, tested positive and were classified as cases 741 to 743. A woman in her 60s who was a contact of case number 510 was also infected and classified as case 740.

Cases 739 (a man in his 20s), 747 (a woman in her 50s), 752 (a man in his 30s), and 753 (a man in his 40s) tested positive during self-quarantine. A man in his 60s in Sacheon was also infected and classified as case 751.

In Changwon, three family members tested positive. A woman in her 40s with an unknown infection route tested positive and was classified as case 736. Her husband in his 40s and their two middle school sons also tested positive and were classified as cases 744 and 745, respectively.

Additionally, a man in his 60s who was a contact of the Arari karaoke bar tested positive and was classified as case 750. Two men in their 30s and 40s, contacts of case 717 who was confirmed without a known infection route, also tested positive and were classified as cases 752 and 753, respectively.

In Miryang, a woman in her 20s who had traveled to the United States and a man in his 50s from the same area tested positive and were classified as cases 737 and 738, respectively.

Two additional confirmed cases related to the Geoje shipyard were reported. A man in his 40s and a man in his 50s from Geoje tested positive and were classified as cases 748 and 749, respectively.

This brings the total number of confirmed cases related to the shipyard to 16. The infection route remains unclear.

In Gimhae, a man in his 60s related to the elderly day care center tested positive and was classified as case 746. This increases the number of confirmed cases related to the Gimhae elderly center to 31.

Accordingly, the cumulative number of confirmed cases in the province has risen to 750 (257 hospitalized, 492 discharged, 1 deceased).

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