3 More Confirmed Cases in Gwangju... Total 848 Cases

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Lee Gwan-woo] Three additional COVID-19 cases have been confirmed in Gwangju Metropolitan City.

According to Gwangju City on the 18th, as of 6 p.m. that day, three more people tested positive and were classified as Gwangju cases 846 to 848.

As of today, a total of five people (Gwangju cases 844 to 848) have been confirmed.

Case 846, a resident of Yongbong-dong, Buk-gu, has an unknown infection route and movement path.

Case 847 was a contact of Gwangju case 789 and tested positive during self-quarantine; the quarantine authorities explained that there are no additional movement paths.

Case 848, a resident of Yang-dong, Seo-gu, was found to have had contact with Gwangju case 843, and their movement path is under investigation. The infection route of case 843, confirmed the previous day, has not been identified.

Looking at the daily number of COVID-19 confirmed cases over the past week (from the 12th to the 18th), the counts were 15 (including 1 overseas case) → 22 → 5 → 2 → 10 → 4 (including 1 overseas case) → 5.

The cumulative number of confirmed cases is 848.

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