Gyeongnam Reports 34 New COVID-19 Cases Including 'Unknown Infection Routes'... Total Cumulative Cases Reach 957 (Comprehensive)

Geoje Shipyard, Miryang Yunbyeong Hospital, and Senior Daycare Center, etc.

Shin Jong-woo, Director of the Welfare and Health Bureau (left), is conducting a briefing on COVID-19 confirmed cases at the Gyeongnam Provincial Government Press Center at 1:30 PM on the 17th. (Photo by Gyeongnam Provincial Government)

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Park Saeyan] As the spread of the novel coronavirus infection (COVID-19) in South Korea shows no signs of slowing down, double-digit confirmed cases continue unabated in Gyeongnam Province.

As of 1:30 PM on the 17th, Gyeongnam Province reported 34 confirmed cases: 10 in Gimhae, 8 in Changwon, 5 in Geoje, 3 in Yangsan, 3 in Sacheon, 2 each in Changnyeong and Jinju, and 1 in Miryang.

Among the confirmed cases in Gimhae, a couple in their 50s with unknown infection routes, along with the wife’s mother and older sister, tested positive and were classified as cases 944 to 947. Additionally, a woman in her 40s who had contact with a confirmed case from Busan tested positive and was classified as case 952. The remaining five confirmed cases were all related to the Gimhae Elderly Daycare Center, classified as cases 943 and 948 to 951. This brings the total number of confirmed cases related to the Gimhae Elderly Daycare Center to 40.

In Changwon, three men with unknown infection routes were classified as cases 927, 954, and 955. Notably, case 955 is an employee of the Gyeongnam Office of Education.

At a daycare center in Changwon, a woman in her 40s and a female child tested positive and were classified as cases 939 and 940. Additionally, a man in his 40s and two men and women in their 70s who had contact with confirmed cases in the province tested positive and were classified as cases 937, 941, and 942 respectively.

In Geoje, two women who had contact with confirmed cases in the province tested positive and were classified as cases 930 and 938. Two men in their 40s, colleagues of confirmed case 911 related to the Geoje shipyard, also tested positive and were classified as cases 931 and 932. Furthermore, a teenage male elementary school student who had contact with family members was infected and classified as case 934.

In Yangsan, a man in his 50s with an unknown infection route was classified as case 936. Additionally, a teenage high school student and a woman in her 40s who had contact with confirmed cases from Ulsan and Busan tested positive and were classified as cases 956 and 957.

The three confirmed cases in Sacheon are all men and women in their 50s who tested positive after contact with case 903 and were classified as cases 958 to 960.

In Jinju, a woman in her 60s who sought testing after experiencing symptoms and a man in his 60s who is a family member of case 933 tested positive and were classified as cases 933 and 935.

In Changnyeong, men and women in their 60s and 70s who had contact with cases 898 and 899 tested positive and were classified as cases 928 and 929.

The teenage female confirmed case in Miryang is a family member of confirmed case 804 from Miryang Yun Hospital and was classified as case 953.

Accordingly, the total cumulative number of confirmed cases in the province has risen to 957 (272 hospitalized, 683 discharged, 2 deceased).

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