New COVID-19 Cluster Emerges at Gwangju Jungang Hospital with 12 Confirmed Cases

Gwangju Cumulative Confirmed Cases 1,406

On the 13th, 12 people, including 7 patients and 4 nursing assistants, tested positive for COVID-19 at Jungang Hospital in Seo-gu, Gwangju Metropolitan City.

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Lee Gwan-woo] In Gwangju Metropolitan City, a large number of COVID-19 confirmed cases have emerged centered around a new medical institution.

According to Gwangju City on the 14th, as of midnight the previous day, 12 people including workers and patients at Jungang Hospital, an internal medicine specialized medical institution located in Hwajeong-dong, Seo-gu, were confirmed positive. They include 7 patients, 4 nursing assistants, and 1 family member.

It was investigated that Jungang Hospital has 27 inpatients (21 on the 5th floor and 6 on the 6th floor) and 23 medical staff (2 doctors, 1 Korean medicine doctor, and 20 nurses, etc.) residing there.

Since Gwangju case number 1389, a nursing assistant at this hospital, was confirmed positive as of 6 p.m. on the 13th, related confirmed cases at Jungang Hospital have been continuously reported overnight.

The quarantine authorities are conducting an on-site diagnostic evaluation at Jungang Hospital.

On the 13th, in addition to Jungang Hospital where a new cluster infection occurred, 14 more people including staff and patients were confirmed positive at Hyojeong Nursing Hospital, an existing infection facility.

Additionally, 5 confirmed cases were added: 1 with an unknown infection route, 3 related to existing confirmed cases, and 1 overseas entrant.

Thus, the number of new confirmed cases on the 13th reached 31, increasing the cumulative confirmed cases to 1,406.

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