Busan Surpasses 100 Cases, Highest Number of Confirmed Cases Ever... New Record of 107 Cases Just One Day After Previous Record

On the 19th, third-year students and faculty members of Gaegum High School were waiting to monitor any adverse reactions after receiving their COVID-19 vaccinations at the Busanjin-gu COVID-19 Vaccination Center in Busan.
[Image source=Yonhap News]

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Kim Yong-woo] The number of new daily COVID-19 cases in Busan surpassed 100, setting a new record.

As of 1 p.m. on the 21st, Busan City announced that 107 new COVID-19 cases had been confirmed. This figure broke the previous record of 97 cases set just one day earlier.

This is the first time since the outbreak of COVID-19 that the daily number of confirmed cases in Busan has exceeded 100.

The new confirmed cases include 78 contacts of existing cases, 26 cases with sources of infection under investigation, and 3 overseas arrivals.

Following the first confirmed case on the 19th at a sports facility in Suyeong-gu, Busan, contact tracing revealed 6 additional users and 2 staff members were infected.

At a public bathhouse in Dongnae-gu, after 3 users and 1 worker were confirmed the previous day, 1 family contact was additionally infected, bringing the total related cases to 6.

At a high school in Saha-gu where a cluster infection occurred, 6 people were infected, including 1 student, 3 acquaintances, and 2 secondary infected individuals, raising the cumulative confirmed cases to 26.

Chain infections related to entertainment bars also continued. On this day, 9 people were confirmed positive, including 1 visitor and 8 contacts, increasing the total related cases to 203 since last month’s 29th.

At a beauty salon in Nam-gu, 3 additional secondary contacts were confirmed, raising the related cases to 21.

Additionally, 3 contacts at a singing practice room were newly confirmed positive.

Furthermore, 5 contacts related to a chain infection at an entertainment establishment in Gimhae, Gyeongnam, were confirmed positive during quarantine, and 1 member of the Busan Municipal Arts Troupe was confirmed positive while in isolation.

This content was produced with the assistance of AI translation services.