9 Additional COVID-19 Cases Confirmed Among People in Their 20s in Daejeon

[Asia Economy (Daejeon) Reporter Jeong Il-woong] Nine additional confirmed cases in their 20s were reported overnight in Daejeon.

According to Daejeon City on the 1st, confirmed cases numbered Daejeon 1287 to 1290 and 1292 to 1296 in their 20s were collectively diagnosed the previous evening.

Among the confirmed cases, numbers 1287 to 1289 are friends of a previously confirmed case (1286), and 1294 and 1295 are acquaintances. Also, 1290 was found to be a friend of the earlier confirmed case 1285.

Health authorities are currently investigating whether the additional confirmed cases are linked to the recent cluster of cases in their 20s associated with places in Dunsan-dong, Seo-gu, such as a sashimi restaurant, a sentimental pub, an entertainment bar, and a karaoke room.

The number of infections in their 20s connected through the sashimi restaurant in Dunsan-dong has also increased. Cases 1292 and 1293 were in self-quarantine after contact with confirmed case 1266 and were diagnosed positive after exhibiting symptoms such as fever, cough, and headache.

Including these individuals, the total number of confirmed cases from the cluster spreading through the sashimi restaurant, sentimental pub, entertainment bar, and karaoke room has risen to 30.

Additionally, case 1296 was confirmed positive while asymptomatic, and the infection route has not yet been identified.

Meanwhile, besides those in their 20s, a person in their 60s linked to a confirmed case from Gangnam-gu (Seoul Gangnam-gu 1291) was also diagnosed positive after testing while asymptomatic.

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