1 COVID-19 Death and 5 New Confirmed Cases Reported in Gwangju

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Lee Gwan-woo] Five new COVID-19 cases have been confirmed in Gwangju Metropolitan City, and the 21st death has been reported.

According to Gwangju City on the 25th, as of 2 p.m. that day, five people tested positive and were classified as Gwangju cases 2048 to 2052.

Among them, four are related to the LINA Life Insurance call center, where cases have been emerging since the 22nd.

The cumulative number of confirmed cases related to the LINA Life Insurance call center is 40: 1 on the 22nd, 24 on the 23rd, 11 on the 24th, and 4 on the 25th (as of 2 p.m.).

Previously, quarantine authorities conducted COVID-19 tests on 1,549 people, including employees, family members, acquaintances, and other tenants of the LINA Life Insurance call center located in the Bitgoeul Customer Center building in Seo-gu.

Among them, all 793 LINA Life Insurance call center employees completed testing, with 32 testing positive.

Among 678 employees of other businesses in the building, 91.3% (619 people) have completed testing, and one janitor residing on the 4th floor tested positive.

Close contacts, including 478 employees mainly from the 4th and 5th floors of the Bitgoeul Customer Center where most cases occurred, have entered self-quarantine.

They are divided into 220 on the 4th floor, 248 on the 5th floor, and 10 others.

Quarantine authorities have identified 69 call centers in the region and plan to conduct on-site inspections three times a week starting from this day.

In Gwangju, the 21st COVID-19 death (Gwangju case 1512) was reported the previous day.

The deceased was in their 90s and had been admitted to Hyojeong Nursing Hospital. They tested positive on the 25th of last month and were transferred to another hospital for treatment, where they passed away.

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