Infections Spread Sequentially at Hot Springs and Restaurants in Gyeongnam... Cumulative Confirmed Cases Reach 1,126 (Comprehensive 2)

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

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Park Saeyan] The cumulative number of confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus infection (COVID-19) in Gyeongnam has surpassed 1,000.

As of 5 p.m. on the 23rd, Gyeongnam Province announced that 21 confirmed cases occurred: 6 in Geoje, 5 in Hadong, 4 in Changwon, and 2 each in Gimhae, Miryang, and Jinju.

Among the 5 confirmed cases in Hadong, 3 employees of a restaurant located in Geoje were classified as cases 1120 to 1122. The other 2 were contacts of case 1097 and were classified as cases 1115 and 1116.

Among the 6 confirmed cases in Geoje, men and women in their 50s and 60s who used the seawater health spa were confirmed positive and classified as cases 1119 and 1127. Two men, a visitor to a Geoje animal hospital and a family member of an employee, were also confirmed positive and classified as cases 1123 and 1128, respectively. A man in his 60s, a family contact, also tested positive and was classified as case 1128. This brings the total number of confirmed cases related to the Geoje animal hospital to 11. The remaining one is a man in his 20s with an unknown infection route, classified as case 1118.

The 2 confirmed cases in Gimhae were a welfare facility worker in Gimhae and a confirmed case related to Miryang Yoon Hospital, classified as cases 1117 and 1124, respectively.

Two confirmed cases also occurred in Miryang. A woman in her 50s tested positive after contact with case 738 and was classified as case 1114. Additionally, a woman in her 20s, related to Miryang Yoon Hospital, tested positive during a test before release from quarantine and was classified as case 1126.

The confirmed case in Jinju tested positive after voluntarily getting tested due to symptoms and was classified as case 1125. The infection route is under investigation.

The confirmed case in Changwon also tested positive after voluntarily getting tested due to symptoms and was classified as case 1129. Two additional confirmed cases related to the provincial Office of Education were reported. A woman in her 70s in Changwon and a female elementary school student developed symptoms during self-quarantine and were classified as cases 1132 and 1133, respectively. This brings the total number of confirmed cases related to the provincial Office of Education to 10.

Accordingly, the cumulative number of confirmed cases in the province has increased to 1,131 (326 hospitalized, 802 discharged, 3 deceased).

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