8 Additional COVID-19 Cases Confirmed in Yeosu Area, Spread Continues

46 Infections in Yeosu in July Alone, Health Authorities on High Alert

[Yeosu=Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Sim Kyung-taek] COVID-19 cluster infections continue in the Yeosu area of Jeollanam-do.

According to Yeosu City on the 15th, 8 people tested positive for COVID-19 from 9 a.m. to midnight on the 14th, and a total of 46 people have been confirmed positive this month alone, increasing the cumulative confirmed cases to 267.

Among the 8, 4 were identified as secondary infections related to a software development company where a cluster infection occurred.

Yeosu case numbers 261 and 263 tested positive while in self-quarantine after contact with confirmed cases.

Yeosu case number 265 visited a friend's house in Yeosu from Iksan, Jeonbuk, and was confirmed infected after showing symptoms and undergoing testing. Yeosu case number 266 is a family member of Yeosu case number 255, a test-taker, and tested positive during self-quarantine.

Case number 266 was confirmed positive during testing while in self-quarantine as a family member of case number 255, who tested positive on the 12th.

Case number 267 is a taxi driver in his 50s and is presumed to have been infected through contact with case number 254, who tested positive on the 12th.

Yeosu=Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Sim Kyung-taek simkt7@asiae.co.kr

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