Overnight, 19 Confirmed Cases Cluster in Daejeon... 11 Are in Their 20s

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[Asia Economy (Daejeon) Reporter Jeong Il-woong] Overnight, 19 people in Daejeon tested positive for COVID-19. Among them, 11 are in their 20s, and most are presumed to have been infected through contact with existing confirmed cases.

According to Daejeon City on the 2nd, confirmed cases numbered 1297 through 1315 were reported the previous evening.

Among them, 11 people in their 20s, including cases 1297, 1300?1301, 1305?1311, and 1313, were found through epidemiological investigations to be linked to cluster infections at establishments such as a sashimi restaurant, a sentimental pub, an entertainment bar, and a karaoke room in Dunsan-dong, Seo-gu.

Specifically, cases 1307 to 1309 were classified as contacts of case 1227 and were in quarantine; they tested positive before release from quarantine. Case 1310 was a contact of case 1258 and tested positive during quarantine.

Among the newly confirmed cases in their 20s, some have unknown infection routes. The health authorities are currently investigating the infection routes of two 20s cases in Seo-gu (1313 and 1305).

Earlier confirmed cases 1285 and 1286 (index patients of the sashimi restaurant cluster) still have unidentified infection routes. Meanwhile, additional confirmed cases are increasing through transmission from existing cases with unclear infection routes.

For example, the family members in their 50s (case 1298) of case 1295, who was previously confirmed, also tested positive for COVID-19 while asymptomatic.

Currently, health authorities are continuing epidemiological investigations on confirmed cases and are closely monitoring the situation where additional confirmed cases arise through contacts.

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