[Breaking] 103 New COVID-19 Cases in Chungbuk... Highest Outside Metropolitan Areas Since 1st Major Wave

[Asia Economy Reporter Han Seung-gon] Chungbuk Province announced on the 19th that there were 103 new confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus infection (COVID-19).

Since the 'first large-scale outbreak' centered in Daegu and Gyeongbuk, this is the first time that a triple-digit number of confirmed cases has been reported in a single day outside the metropolitan area. Cluster infections in nursing homes and hospitals accounted for a large proportion.

According to Chungbuk Province on the 19th, the confirmed COVID-19 cases reported the previous day were 57 in Cheongju, 30 in Eumseong, 13 in Jecheon, and 3 in Chungju. Among the confirmed cases in Cheongju, 53 were related to the recent Chamsarang Nursing Home incident. At Somang Hospital in Eumseong, 30 patients and staff were also infected in a cluster.

The quarantine authorities strengthened quarantine measures by cohort isolating Chamsarang Nursing Home in Cheongju and also implemented cohort isolation at Somang Hospital in Eumseong.

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