129 Confirmed Cases in Gyeongnam... Weekend High with Cluster Infections Among Foreign Workers (Comprehensive)

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Kang Sharon] Gyeongnam Province announced on the 24th that 129 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 occurred in the province after 5 p.m. on the 23rd.

This is the highest number of weekend confirmed cases in Gyeongnam since the outbreak of COVID-19.

Except for 4 cases from overseas arrivals, all new confirmed cases are due to local transmission.

By region, there are 39 in Gimhae, 33 in Changwon, 14 in Yangsan, 11 in Miryang, 9 in Haman, 6 in Jinju, 3 each in Hamyang, Goseong, and Sacheon, 2 in Tongyeong, 3 in Geoje, and 1 each in Changnyeong, Namhae, and Sancheong.

Among them, about half, 64 people, had contact with confirmed cases within the province; 13 are related to entertainment bars and restaurants, and 12 were infected through contact with confirmed cases from other regions.

The infection routes of 35 people are under investigation.

Among the confirmed cases in Gimhae, 6 and 1 in Yangsan are related to Gimhae Entertainment Bar II, increasing the cumulative confirmed cases to 220.

At a hospital in Gimhae, after one inpatient was confirmed on the 21st, 2 additional cases were confirmed on the 23rd, and one discharged patient was confirmed on the same day.

The health authorities reported that since 4 confirmed cases occurred on the same floor of the hospital, that floor ward has been partially closed, and the decision on whether to impose group quarantine will be made after epidemiologists evaluate the transmission routes.

Among the confirmed cases in Changwon, one is related to a parts factory in Haman, increasing the cumulative confirmed cases to 14.

Another confirmed case in Changwon tested positive during quarantine and is related to a Masan entertainment bar. The cumulative confirmed cases related to the Masan entertainment bar are 78.

Among the 9 confirmed cases in Miryang, they are foreign workers of Uzbek nationality, and one confirmed case in Changnyeong is an acquaintance of them.

After one foreign worker of Uzbek nationality was first confirmed at a factory in Miryang on the 22nd, additional cases were confirmed following diagnostic tests of the factory workers.

Two other foreign workers of the same nationality, whose infection routes are under investigation, were confirmed to be working at another factory in Miryang.

The health authorities regard this as a small-scale cluster infection centered on foreign workers in Miryang and have set up a temporary screening clinic at the Miryang Chodong Industrial Complex, testing about 500 workers.

Four confirmed cases in Jinju tested positive during quarantine related to Jinju Restaurant III, increasing the cumulative confirmed cases to 37.

Among the confirmed cases in Tongyeong, one tested positive during quarantine related to a Tongyeong entertainment bar. The cumulative confirmed cases related to the Tongyeong entertainment bar are 30.

Except for those whose infection routes are under investigation, the confirmed cases in other regions were infected through contact with existing confirmed cases within the province or from other regions.

Two confirmed cases in Changwon are Korean nationals who arrived from Mexico and Uzbekistan, and the confirmed cases in Goseong and Namhae are foreign nationals from the Philippines and the United States, respectively, who arrived from overseas.

The cumulative confirmed cases in the province have increased to 6,584 (996 hospitalized, 5,569 discharged, 19 deceased).

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