Confirmed Cases Related to 'Miryang Yoon Hospital' Continue to Rise... Gyeongnam Total 861 (Comprehensive)

Shin Jong-woo, Director of Welfare and Health Bureau, Gyeongnam Province.

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Park Saeyan] In Gyeongnam, the number of confirmed cases related to 'Miryang Yoon Hospital,' where a large cluster of cases emerged, continues to increase.

Gyeongnam Province announced on the 13th at 5 p.m. that 30 confirmed cases occurred: 9 in Miryang, 9 in Changwon, 6 in Jinju, 3 in Yangsan, 2 in Geoje, and 1 in Gimhae.

In Miryang, 3 additional confirmed cases related to 'Miryang Yoon Hospital,' where 6 medical staff and employees were confirmed in a large cluster the previous day, have been added, bringing the total to 10. A man in his 70s and a man and woman in their 60s tested positive and were classified as cases 846, 859, and 864 respectively.

Additionally, a woman in her 50s and a teenage girl were infected and classified as cases 842 and 843. Along with this, a man and woman in their 40s were confirmed positive and classified as cases 844 and 845 respectively.

In Changwon, a woman in her 60s, a woman in her 20s, a woman in her 40s, and a woman in her 70s tested positive and were classified as cases 836, 839 to 841 respectively. A teenage female middle school student, the first confirmed case related to the Geoje shipyard, and a student attending the same school in Changwon tested positive and were classified as case 852. Additionally, 9 people, including 3 with unknown infection routes and 1 overseas entrant, were confirmed positive.

In Jinju, a woman in her 70s and a woman in her 50s were infected and classified as cases 835 and 838 respectively. Also, a woman in her 50s and men in their 60s and 50s, who were family contacts, were infected and classified as cases 837, 848, and 849 respectively. A woman in her 50s who was exposed at work also tested positive and was classified as case 863.

In Yangsan, a man in his 40s and two men in their 50s tested positive and were classified as cases 854 to 856 respectively.

In Geoje, a man in his 50s related to the shipyard was additionally infected and classified as case 862. This brings the total number of confirmed cases related to the Geoje shipyard to 25. A woman in her 30s from Geoje tested positive after returning from the United States and was classified as case 847.

In Gimhae, a man in his 50s with an unidentified infection route was classified as case 850.

Health authorities are investigating the infection routes and contacts of each confirmed case.

Accordingly, the cumulative number of confirmed cases in the province has increased to 861 (250 hospitalized, 609 discharged, 2 deceased).

Shin Jong-woo, Director of Welfare and Health Bureau of Gyeongnam Province, said, "Most of the new local infection cases in the province are contacts of existing confirmed cases, but the order of infection and the initial infection routes are unclear. It is a situation where it would not be surprising if anyone gets infected anytime and anywhere."

He added, "It is most important to detect asymptomatic and latent infections widely spread throughout the community and to break the chain of transmission. Please get tested quickly even if you have mild symptoms."

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