30 Confirmed Cases at Shipyard, Navy, Bathhouse, Hospital, etc. in Gyeongnam... Total 1,026 Cases

Shin Jong-woo, Director of Welfare and Health Bureau, Gyeongnam Province.

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters, Reporter Jucheol In] As the novel coronavirus infection (COVID-19) spreads rapidly in South Korea, infections continue in Gyeongnam Province as well.

On the afternoon of the 19th, Gyeongnam Province announced that 30 new cases were confirmed: 11 in Geoje, 6 in Changwon, 4 each in Gimhae, Jinju, and Sacheon, and 1 in Miryang.

In Geoje, 11 confirmed cases emerged in a single day. Three of them were contacts who used a public bathhouse. A woman in her 40s, a woman in her 70s, and a woman in her 50s tested positive and were classified as cases 1006 to 1008.

Case 1006 is a medical staff member at a hospital in Geoje. Currently, movement restrictions have been imposed on the ward where they worked and on 90 inpatients.

Four men in their 50s and one man in his 40s working at the same shipyard tested positive and were classified as cases 1002, 1009, 1017, 1018, and 1027. So far, 7 confirmed cases have been identified among 2,673 employees tested at the shipyard.

A man in his 50s and a teenage female family contact also tested positive and were classified as cases 1025 and 1025. A man in his 30s with an unknown infection route tested positive and was classified as case 1019.

In Changwon, 6 additional cases were confirmed, including one overseas entrant. A man in his 50s and a man in his 40s who were contacts of a naval officer in Jinhae tested positive and were classified as cases 1015 and 1016.

A woman in her 20s and a man in his 30s, both family contacts, also tested positive and were classified as cases 1021 and 1022.

A female medical staff member in her 20s at a hospital in Changwon with an unknown infection route tested positive and was classified as case 1012. A man in his 50s who arrived from Russia also tested positive and was classified as case 1023.

In Jinju, 3 of the 4 cases were contacts of previously confirmed patients. A 5-year-old girl attending a kindergarten in Jinju who had contact with her father in his 30s was classified as case 1010.

Also, a woman in her 60s who had contact with case 1006 tested positive and was classified as case 1011. A man in his 60s using a senior day care center in Jinju tested positive and was classified as case 1004.

In Sacheon, one woman in her 20s, two men in their 50s, and one woman in her 50s tested positive and were classified as cases 1000, 1001, 1024, and 1028 respectively.

In Gimhae, a woman in her 50s tested positive and was classified as case 1005. A woman in her 20s and a man in his 50s infected by a confirmed patient from Busan tested positive and were classified as cases 1013 and 1014. A 5-year-old girl who was a contact of case 872 also tested positive and was classified as case 1029.

A woman in her 50s, a medical staff member at Yun Hospital in Miryang, tested positive and was classified as case 1020. This brings the total number of confirmed cases related to Yun Hospital to 16.

Accordingly, the cumulative number of confirmed cases in the province has increased to 1,026 (300 hospitalized, 724 discharged, 2 deceased).

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