Has the Spread in Gwangju Eased?... COVID-19 Infection Reproduction Number at 0.79

5 Additional Confirmed Cases at 2 PM on the 11th... Hyojeong Nursing Hospital Total Reaches 118

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Lee Gwan-woo] On the 11th, 5 additional COVID-19 cases were confirmed in Gwangju Metropolitan City.

Also, the infection reproduction number, which indicates the extent to which one confirmed case infects others, was found to have decreased to below 1.0 as of the previous day.

According to Gwangju City, as of 2 p.m. on this day, 5 more people were confirmed positive and were classified as Gwangju cases 1365 to 1369.

After 6 cases were confirmed on the 8th, and then more than 20 new cases occurred again on the 9th and 10th, the daily new confirmed cases have been fluctuating, but the encouraging fact is that the infection reproduction number has decreased.

The infection reproduction number, which had been above 1.0 in the past week, dropped to 0.79 for the first time as of the previous day.

The city’s quarantine authorities stated at the regular COVID briefing on this day, “Although the number of related patients has continuously increased since 53 cases occurred in a cluster at Hyojeong Nursing Hospital, the infection reproduction number has fallen below 1.”

It is interpreted that outside the existing cluster infection chains under the management and control of the quarantine authorities, such as Hyojeong Nursing Hospital, the spread of community infections has somewhat slowed down.

The infection reproduction number was recorded as 1.31 → 1.33 → 1.33 → 1.24 → 1.13 → 1.06 → 0.79 from April 4 to 10.

Among the 5 confirmed cases on this day, 3 (Gwangju 1366, 1367, and 1368) are related to the large cluster infection at Hyojeong Nursing Hospital. They are hospital patients, with one each on the 2nd and 3rd floors of the main building, and one close contact was additionally confirmed.

This brings the total number of confirmed cases related to Hyojeong Nursing Hospital to 118.

The remaining 2 cases were identified as contacts of Gwangju case 1235, who is related to Yangdong High-Speed Hardware.

The cumulative number of confirmed cases in the Gwangju area is 1,369.

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