5 New Cases Overnight, 13 Confirmed on the 1st... Gwangju Total Reaches 1111

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Lee Gwan-woo] Overnight, 5 new COVID-19 cases were confirmed in Gwangju Metropolitan City.

According to Gwangju City on the 2nd, as of midnight the previous day, 5 additional positive cases were confirmed, classified as Gwangju cases 1107 to 1111.

Including the 8 cases previously announced on the 1st, a total of 13 new confirmed cases emerged in one day.

Gwangju case 1107 is related to Seongnam 754 in Gyeonggi Province and tested positive during the pre-release quarantine test.

Gwangju cases 1108 and 1111 are contacts of case 1103, who was confirmed earlier the same day.

Similarly, Gwangju case 1109 tested positive shortly after case 1102 was confirmed.

The infection routes of Gwangju cases 1102 and 1103 are being traced by health authorities.

Gwangju case 1110 was found to be linked to transmission originating from the Doctors' Sports Club, known as a doctors' marathon group.

Among the 13 new confirmed cases reported that day, 4 had unknown infection routes, while the remaining 9 were related to existing confirmed cases.

The cumulative number of confirmed cases in the Gwangju area increased to 1111 as of that day.

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