Daejeon COVID-19 Spread Continues... 84 Cumulative Cases Linked to Private Tutoring Academies

On the 6th, students are waiting to undergo COVID-19 testing at a high school playground located in Dong-gu, Daejeon. Photo by Yonhap News

[Asia Economy (Daejeon) Reporter Jeong Il-woong] The spread of COVID-19 in the Daejeon area continues. The total number of confirmed COVID-19 cases linked to a private tutoring academy has increased to 84.

According to Daejeon City on the 9th, from 6 p.m. the previous day to 9 a.m. on the same day, a total of 29 additional confirmed cases (numbers 1485 to 1513) were reported in the region. Among them were 11 teenagers and 2 preschool children.

Earlier, from the 2nd to the 3rd of this month, one instructor and 11 students at a private tutoring academy located in Gayang-dong, Dong-gu, were confirmed positive for COVID-19.

Furthermore, as confirmed cases continued to emerge at the schools attended by the academy’s students and at acting and vocal academies, the spread of COVID-19 in the region has shown little sign of slowing down.

In fact, on the previous day, nine acting academy students, who were high school students attending the private tutoring academy, were confirmed positive in a cluster, followed by three additional confirmed cases among friends and family of the confirmed patients.

Additionally, four high school students who were in self-quarantine after contact with confirmed cases at school were consecutively confirmed positive.

Moreover, from the afternoon of the previous day to the morning of the current day, one additional confirmed case was reported linked to a nightlife establishment in Dunsan-dong, Seo-gu, and one case connected to a church in Songchon-dong, Daedeok-gu. Among the confirmed patients’ families (residing in Yuseong, numbers 1479 to 1496), one confirmed case (number 1513) was reported at a daycare center attended by a child.

Meanwhile, the city raised the social distancing level in the region from level 1.5 to level 2 starting at midnight on the 8th.

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