[Breaking] "This Year, 52 Large-Scale Workplace Clusters Including Medical Institutions... Total 1,362 Confirmed Cases" View original image

Since the beginning of this year, the number of COVID-19 cluster outbreaks in large-scale workplaces such as hospitals and manufacturing plants has increased, leading to a significant rise in the number of confirmed cases.


According to the Central Disease Control Headquarters (CDCH) on the 18th, there have been a total of 52 large-scale workplace-related cluster infections nationwide since January, with 1,362 confirmed cases as of midnight on that day.



Among these, 33 cases occurred in the Seoul metropolitan area, accounting for 63% of all infections. The average number of patients per case was 26.1, and the average duration of outbreaks was 10.8 days.


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