22 COVID-19 Cases Confirmed in Goyang City... Infections at Church and Dance Hall

On the 18th, a gathering ban order was issued at a church in Ilsanseo-gu, Goyang-si, Gyeonggi-do to prevent the spread of COVID-19. The church held two worship services on the 14th, and on the 17th, two church members tested positive, followed by 12 additional positive cases. The number of attendees at the worship services was identified as 86. Health authorities are conducting epidemiological investigations to trace the movements and contacts of the confirmed cases.

Goyang City in Gyeonggi Province announced on the 20th that an additional 22 citizens have tested positive for COVID-19.

Among them, 2 cases were from family contact, 1 related to a church, 1 related to a dance hall, and 3 were contacts of confirmed cases from other regions.

Additionally, 1 case was an overseas entrant, 4 were related to an export company in Ilsandong-gu, and the infection routes of the remaining 10 are under investigation.

At Church A in Ilsanseo-gu, following 2 confirmed cases among congregants on the 17th, 12 cases were confirmed on the 18th, 7 cases on the 19th (5 in Goyang, 1 in Paju, 1 in Gimpo), and 1 more case was confirmed positive on this day.

This brings the total number of confirmed cases related to this church to 22.

Meanwhile, one additional confirmed case was reported related to the Taepyeongyang dance hall and Donggyeong Restaurant in Juyop-dong, Ilsanseo-gu.

This increases the cumulative number of confirmed cases related to this dance hall and restaurant to 77 since the 3rd of this month (based on Gyeonggi Province data).

Meanwhile, Goyang City is conducting mass testing on 41 employees of an export company in Ilsandong-gu where confirmed cases have occurred.

Health authorities are disinfecting their residences and conducting in-depth epidemiological investigations.

This content was produced with the assistance of AI translation services.