10 Additional Confirmed Cases Including 4 Related to Gwangju TCS International School

Regional Cumulative Confirmed Cases Increase to 1,654

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Yoon Jamin] The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases related to Gwangju TCS International School continues to rise.

According to Gwangju Metropolitan City on the 27th, as of 2 p.m. that day, 10 additional confirmed COVID-19 cases were reported, classified as numbers 1645 to 1654.

Among them, 4 cases are related to TCS International School, 5 cases are contacts of previously confirmed patients, and 1 case is under investigation for the infection route.

Cases 1647 and 1649 to 1651 have been confirmed to be related to Gwangju TCS International School. Including 100 cases reported the previous day and 9 cases in the morning of the same day, a total of 113 people have been confirmed positive at Gwangju TCS International School so far.

Earlier, when a cluster infection of 37 people occurred at TCS Ace International School in Sinyong-dong, Buk-gu, health authorities conducted mass testing on 135 students, staff, and church members at TCS International School located in Gwangsan-gu and identified confirmed cases.

Cases 1652 to 1654 were confirmed to have had contact with Gwangju case number 1516. The infection route of case 1516, who was confirmed positive on the 25th, is still under investigation.

Case 1648 is related to Jeonnam case number 632, who was a contact of Seoul Gangdong-gu case number 682.

The infection route of case 1645 has not yet been identified, and case 1646, who had contact with case 1645, was also confirmed positive.

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