Daegu City Reports 23 New Confirmed Cases Amid Bathhouse Cluster Infection... Ongoing Secondary Infections at Dong-gu and Gyeongsan Saunas

As of 0:00 on the 27th, the cumulative confirmed cases in Daegu region total 8,884.

The temporary screening clinic at Seoul Station Plaza on the 26th. On this day, the government decided to maintain the current social distancing levels (Level 2 in the metropolitan area, Level 1.5 in non-metropolitan areas) and the ban on gatherings of five or more people for the next two weeks.
[Image source=Yonhap News]

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Park Dong-wook] The spread of the novel coronavirus infection (COVID-19) centered around saunas in Daegu is not subsiding.

According to Daegu City on the 27th, as of midnight, the cumulative number of confirmed cases in the Daegu area increased by 23 (including 1 imported case) from the previous day to 8,884 (165 imported cases).

At the Dong-gu sauna, where a total of 11 cases had been confirmed until the previous day, 6 additional cases were reported, including 3 users and 3 secondary infections caused by contact with confirmed users. As a result, the cumulative number of confirmed cases related to this sauna, which started with employee infections, has increased to 17 in three days.

At a sauna located in Gyeongsan, 5 people were confirmed positive due to secondary infections from confirmed users. This brings the cumulative number of confirmed cases related to this sauna to 23 (8 direct users).

Three people, including one contact who was quarantined due to a cluster infection related to a workplace in Jung-gu and two family members of the contact, also tested positive. The cumulative number of confirmed cases related to this workplace is 24, including 18 employees.

In addition, 4 contacts of previous confirmed cases and 1 person tested positive during a test before release from self-quarantine. Two others have unknown infection routes, one is a resident of Gyeongsan who tested positive during contact testing, and the remaining one is an imported case.

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