Busan Reports Highest Number of Confirmed Cases This Year... 69 in One Day, Second Highest Record in Busan History

On the 16th, the domestic terminal of Gimpo Airport in Gangseo-gu, Seoul, was bustling with travelers. Photo by Mun Ho-nam munonam@

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Kim Yong-woo] Busan has recorded the highest number of COVID-19 confirmed cases this year. A cluster infection occurred at the Busan Municipal Arts Troupe, resulting in 69 new confirmed cases in a single day. This is the second highest daily number of confirmed cases on record.

Since the 7th, Busan has seen an average of 57 confirmed cases per day, indicating a continued spread of COVID-19.

On this day, multiple chain cluster infections were confirmed across Busan.

At the Busan Municipal Arts Troupe located in Nam-gu, one member tested positive.

Subsequently, five people?including two members and three contacts from two groups affiliated with the troupe?were infected, prompting an epidemiological investigation.

The Busan Municipal Arts Troupe, composed of seven groups with a total of about 400 members, raises concerns about the spread of chain cluster infections.

Busan’s quarantine authorities announced that disinfection of cultural facilities such as the Busan Cultural Center has been completed.

Additionally, after one person who visited a restaurant in Jung-gu tested positive, seven contacts were also confirmed positive.

Among the new confirmed cases, 20 are ‘unknown infection’ cases, leading the quarantine authorities to conduct epidemiological investigations.

Additional confirmed cases have also emerged from existing cluster infections at entertainment bars.

Seven confirmed cases related to entertainment bars, spreading through nth-generation infections, were reported.

The cumulative confirmed cases linked to entertainment bars have increased to 183, including 73 visitors, 34 workers, and 76 contacts, with 23 establishments identified.

At a pub in Saha-gu where cluster infections occurred, two additional contacts tested positive, bringing the cumulative confirmed cases at two locations to 21.

At karaoke rooms where infections continue to occur, two more people who had contact with confirmed cases were infected, resulting in a total of 43 confirmed cases across four karaoke rooms.

Two contacts related to a business in Haeundae tested positive, bringing the cumulative confirmed cases to 12, including six workers and six contacts.

One additional infection was reported in the fisheries industry cluster, increasing the cumulative confirmed cases to 122.

Quarantine authorities judged the COVID-19 spread to be severe and imposed a complete business suspension from the 19th to the 25th on five types of entertainment facilities: entertainment bars, danran bars, clubs (nightclubs), emotional bars, and hunting pochas, as well as on colatecs, dance halls, holdem pubs/holdem game rooms, and karaoke rooms (including coin karaoke rooms).

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