8 New Cases Confirmed in Jeju on the 4th, Total Reaches 456

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters (Jeju) Reporter Park Chang-won] On the 4th, 8 new COVID-19 cases were confirmed in Jeju Special Self-Governing Province in one day.

According to Jeju Province on the 5th, 8 people were diagnosed positive as of the previous day and were classified as Jeju cases 449 to 456.

The testing subjects on the previous day included Jeju Prison and employees of the Jeju Provincial Audit Committee. Out of a total of 1,565 people tested, 8 were confirmed positive and 1,557 negative.

Among them, all 861 inmates and staff of Jeju Prison (633 inmates and 228 correctional officers and other employees) were notified as negative.

Earlier, 57 public officials at the Audit Committee, where confirmed cases had emerged, were tested and all tested negative.

Among the 8 confirmed on the 4th, 3 people (Jeju cases 451 to 453) were related to case 441 and were family transmission cases.

Another 3 people (Jeju cases 449, 450, and 454) were found to have had contact with case 443.

Jeju case 455’s infection route was not identified.

Jeju case 456 is related to the Dongbaek Weekly Activity Center cluster.

The cumulative number of confirmed cases in Jeju as of 0:00 a.m. that day is 456.

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