17 New COVID-19 Cases in Jeju on the 17th...Total 499 Confirmed View original image

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters (Jeju) Reporter Park Chang-won] Jeju Special Self-Governing Province announced on the 18th that 2 people (Jeju 498~499) tested positive for COVID-19 from 364 diagnostic tests conducted the previous day.


Since the 4th, the number of new confirmed cases in Jeju has remained in single digits, and the average daily number of new confirmed cases over the past week is 1.7.


So far this month, 78 people have tested positive.


The cumulative number of confirmed cases in the Jeju area has been counted as 499.


Jeju 498 is a contact of Jeju 475, who was confirmed positive on the 7th, and tested positive after symptoms appeared during self-quarantine.


Jeju 499 was found to have a history of contact with a confirmed case in Gwangju Metropolitan City. He visited Gwangju on the 14th.



Diagnostic tests are underway for 17 people classified as contacts of Jeju 499.


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