"Cannot Be Assured"... Jeju Reports 20+ COVID-19 Cases for Fifth Consecutive Day

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters (Jeju) Reporter Park Chang-won] Twenty additional COVID-19 cases were confirmed overnight in Jeju Special Self-Governing Province.

According to Jeju Province on the 22nd, as of midnight the previous day, 20 people tested positive and were classified as Jeju cases 253 to 272.

The number of confirmed cases in the Jeju area has remained at the 20s level for five consecutive days since the 17th.

Looking at the occurrence status, 27 people were confirmed on the 17th, 26 on the 18th, 22 on the 19th, 23 on the 20th, and 20 on the 21st, bringing the cumulative confirmed cases to 272.

Among the newly confirmed cases the previous day, cases 253 to 255, 257 to 260, 262, 265, 269, and 271 to 272 are related to the 7080 Live Cafe, according to health authorities. As of midnight that day, 31 confirmed cases were linked to the 7080 Live Cafe.

Case 265 was identified as a family member of case 248.

Case 269 is a family member of case 193, who was confirmed positive on the 18th, and the infection route was found to be the 7080 Live Cafe.

Case 271 is also a confirmed case related to the 7080 Live Cafe and is known to have recently visited the location.

Case 272 is a family member of case 251.

Cases 264 and 266 have a history of visiting the Seoul metropolitan area. Case 264 visited the metropolitan area from the 18th to the 19th, and case 266 was confirmed to have traveled there from the 27th of last month to the 9th of this month.

Health authorities report that case 266 was confirmed positive after a family member living in the metropolitan area tested positive on the 20th, and case 266 was identified as a contact.

Cases 267 and 268 are contacts of case 237, who was confirmed positive on the 20th.

The infection route of case 270 has not yet been identified.

Health authorities are currently conducting epidemiological investigations on confirmed cases whose infection routes and movement paths are unclear.

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