9 Additional Confirmed Cases Related to Gwangju Nursing Home... Total Now 954

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Yoon Jamin] COVID-19 cases are rapidly increasing in a nursing home in Gwangju.

According to Gwangju Metropolitan City on the 23rd, nine people tested positive for COVID-19 in the afternoon and were registered as cases 946 to 954.

Four of the cases, numbers 951 to 954, were confirmed to be related to Evergreen Silver House (nursing home), where COVID-19 cases have been occurring consecutively.

Case 946, residing in Munheung-dong, Buk-gu, was registered in connection with a similar door-to-door sales incident.

Case 947 is a resident of Duam-dong, Buk-gu, related to Gwangju Christian Hospital, and case 949, a resident of Unnam-dong, Gwangsan-gu, is a contact of Jeju case number 275, who tested positive the previous day.

Case 950, a resident of Wolgye-dong, Gwangsan-gu, is related to the BTJ Yeolbang Center in Sangju, Gyeongbuk, a missionary facility, and tested positive in a pre-release test during self-quarantine. The number of confirmed cases related to the BTJ Yeolbang Center has reached 42.

Case 948 is an overseas entrant who arrived from Germany. The quarantine authorities explained that the individual was immediately quarantined at the 5·18 Education Center upon arrival, with no movement or contacts.

Including the four cases announced earlier that day, a total of 13 people have tested positive as of 6 p.m., marking five consecutive days of double-digit confirmed cases since the 19th.

Meanwhile, the total number of confirmed cases related to Evergreen Silver House, where five people tested positive that day, is 29.

Regarding Gwangju Christian Hospital, including nursing assistant case 876 confirmed on the 20th, a total of 11 people have tested positive so far. There are 111 people in self-quarantine.

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