4 Additional Cases at Temporary Testing Site in Gwangju and 1 Related to Existing Patient... 8 Cases in Total on the 30th

Various Transmission Routes Including Church, Medical Sports Club, and Unknown at Temporary Testing Site

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Lee Gwan-woo] Overnight, five new COVID-19 cases were added in Gwangju Metropolitan City, including four anonymous testers at temporary screening clinics and one related to an existing confirmed case.

According to Gwangju City on the 31st, as of midnight the previous day, five people tested positive and were classified as Gwangju cases 1077 to 1081.

Among them, four people, Gwangju cases 1077 to 1080, received positive results at temporary screening clinics operated by health authorities since the 27th to detect asymptomatic infections.

At the temporary screening clinics set up at Gwangju City Hall, any citizen can get tested for free, and the operation period will continue until the COVID-19 situation ends.

The infection routes of Gwangju cases 1077 to 1080 have not been identified.

Gwangju case 1079 is related to the Doctors' Sports Club cluster, which has seen secondary infections starting from Gwangju case 1049, a medical staff member at Chonnam National University Hospital.

Gwangju case 1080 is related to the Gwangju Cheongsa Church cluster. The cumulative number of confirmed cases related to Gwangju Cheongsa Church increased by one from the 38 cases announced by health authorities as of 2 p.m. the previous day, totaling 39 cases.

Gwangju case 1081 is a confirmed case presumed to be infected by Gwangju case 1074, who was confirmed earlier the previous day. The infection route of Gwangju case 1074 remains unknown.

There were a total of eight new confirmed cases on the 30th, bringing the cumulative total to 1081 cases.

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