5 COVID-19 Cases Confirmed in Gwangju on February 1st... Total 1,820 Cases
[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Yoon Jamin] On the first day of February, 5 people in Gwangju were confirmed positive for COVID-19, bringing the total number of confirmed cases to 1,820.
According to Gwangju Metropolitan City on the 1st, 5 people, including those related to Antioch Church, were confirmed positive and classified as cases 1816 to 1820.
Four are local infections, and one is an overseas entrant.
Case 1816 was confirmed to be from Gwangju Antioch Church. Including case 1816, there are 107 confirmed cases related to Antioch Church.
Case 1817 is related to an adult arcade, which has recently seen a sharp increase in spread along with religious facilities.
Cases 1818 and 1819 were investigated to be related to the existing confirmed case 1768. However, case 1768 is a daycare teacher, and during the epidemiological investigation, it was confirmed that a parent of a child attending the daycare where 1768 works tested positive and had visited the adult arcade.
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Therefore, the quarantine authorities plan to reclassify the confirmed cases previously classified as ‘related to case 1768’ as related to the adult arcade.
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