Gwangju 9 New COVID-19 Cases on 21st... Cumulative Total 2,325 View original image


[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Lee Gwan-woo] On the 21st, 9 new COVID-19 cases were confirmed in Gwangju Metropolitan City in one day.


According to Gwangju City on the 22nd, the number of new confirmed cases as of the previous day was 9, classified as Gwangju cases 2317 to 2325.


There was 1 case related to a confirmed patient in Dobong-gu, Seoul, 2 cases related to confirmed patients in Jeonnam, 2 cases related to a friend gathering in Damyang, 2 cases related to a daycare center in Nam-gu, and 2 cases with unknown infection routes.


Gwangju case 2317 was a contact of Dobong-gu case 1089. The infection route of the Dobong-gu confirmed patient is unknown.


Gwangju cases 2318 and 2319 were finally confirmed positive at screening clinics after symptoms appeared, and their infection routes are under investigation.


Gwangju cases 2320 and 2321 overlapped in movement with Jeonnam case 1008. The quarantine authorities report that contact occurred at a pub located in Buk-gu operated by Jeonnam case 1008.


Gwangju cases 2322 and 2325 are confirmed patients related to the Damyang friend gathering. All of them developed symptoms during self-quarantine and tested positive.



Recently, new confirmed cases related to the Damyang friend gathering have mainly occurred within controllable ranges such as tests before the end of self-quarantine, so the quarantine authorities stated that the spread is subsiding. The related cumulative confirmed cases are 29 in Gwangju, 16 in Jeonnam, 2 in Jeonbuk, and 1 in Seoul, totaling 48 cases.


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