7 Additional Confirmed Cases in Gwangju with 'Unknown' Infection Routes... Total 912 Cases

A citizen is undergoing a COVID-19 test at the Seo-gu Public Health Center in Gwangju Metropolitan City.

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Yoon Jamin] Seven additional COVID-19 cases have been confirmed in Gwangju.

According to Gwangju Metropolitan City on the 22nd, as of 2 PM on the same day, seven people were confirmed positive and registered as cases 906 to 912.

Case 906 was confirmed positive after visiting Chonnam National University Hospital for medical treatment and undergoing testing. The infection route has not been identified, and his grandson was also confirmed positive and classified as case 912.

Cases 907, 908, and 910 are residents of Hwajeong-dong in Seo-gu, Im-dong in Buk-gu, and Docheon-dong in Gwangsan-gu, respectively, with their infection routes under investigation.

Case 908 was asymptomatic but visited a screening clinic for testing and was confirmed positive.

Case 909, a resident of Sansu-dong in Dong-gu, was identified as a contact of case 876, a caregiver at Gwangju Christian Hospital.

Case 911 is a resident of Sinchang-dong in Gwangsan-gu and was classified as a contact of case 888, whose infection route is unclear.

Meanwhile, 15 confirmed cases from Evergreen Silver House (nursing home) in Gwangju, where a mass outbreak occurred among caregivers and residents the previous day, are scheduled to be transferred to Bitgoeul Chonnam National University Hospital.

Seventeen other residents on the 3rd floor ward where the confirmed cases occurred will be dispersed and relocated within the nursing home, and some residents on the 2nd floor will be transferred to the Municipal Second Nursing Hospital.

Additionally, periodic full-scale testing will be conducted every three days. The deceased from the previous day will be cremated first and then have a funeral according to the 'COVID-19 Funeral Management Guidelines.'

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