Seoul Reports 169 New COVID-19 Cases by 6 PM Today... 19 Cases at Yongsan Construction Site

One Less Than the Previous Day at 6 PM

Special Forces soldiers deployed to support COVID-19 quarantine operations are guiding citizens at the screening clinic of Yongsan-gu Public Health Center in Seoul on the afternoon of the 14th. Photo by Joint Press Corps

[Asia Economy Reporter Kim Ji-hee] From midnight to 6 p.m. on the 15th, 169 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 were reported in Seoul.

According to Seoul City, as of 6 p.m. on that day, the number of new COVID-19 cases was 169, which was lower than the 170 cases on the previous day, the 14th, and the 198 cases on the previous Tuesday, the 8th. On those days, the total new cases over 24 hours were 251 on the 14th and 262 on the 8th.

Among the new confirmed cases on that day, one was an imported case, and the rest were all domestic infections.

The main infection routes based on cluster infections were Yongsan-gu construction site (19 cases), Gangseo-gu Seongseok Church (4 cases), Songpa-gu Eastern Detention Center (2 cases), and Jongno-gu Pagoda Town (2 cases). One additional confirmed case was reported related to a company in Nowon-gu and a high school in Guro-gu each. Two more cases were added under other cluster infections.

Excluding cluster infections, 77 cases were classified as 'other confirmed case contacts,' and 3 cases were 'contacts of confirmed cases from other cities/provinces.' There were 57 cases under investigation for infection routes.

As a result, the cumulative number of confirmed cases in Seoul as of 6 p.m. on that day reached 12,826.

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