4 More Cases Overnight in Gwangju... 9 Cases Reported in One Day on the 18th

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Lee Gwan-woo] Overnight, 4 additional COVID-19 cases were confirmed in Gwangju Metropolitan City.

According to Gwangju City on the 19th, as of midnight the previous day, 4 people were confirmed positive and classified as Gwangju cases 849 to 852.

On the 18th alone, 9 new cases were added in Gwangju, bringing the total confirmed cases to 852.

Case 849 is a contact of case 843, who was confirmed positive on the 17th, but their movement route has not yet been identified.

Three related cases (848 to 850) emerged just one day after case 843, a resident of Daein-dong, Dong-gu, was confirmed positive.

Case 843 is currently under investigation for the infection route, but it has been found that they visited various locations across Buk-gu, Dong-gu, and Nam-gu, so identifying contacts is expected to take some time.

Case 850, residing in Junghung-dong, Buk-gu, is also a contact of case 843, but no further information is available.

Case 851 is related to case 844, who was confirmed earlier on the same day. Case 851, a resident of Jangdeok-dong, Gwangsan-gu, is presumed to have come into contact with case 844, who operates a business in Wolgok-dong, Gwangsan-gu.

Two additional cases related to case 844, including family member case 845 and case 851, were confirmed within a day.

Health authorities are investigating the infection route of case 844.

Case 852 resides in Yongbong-dong, Buk-gu, and is linked to case 846, a Gwangju case with an unknown infection route.

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