30 New COVID-19 Cases in Gwangju Centered on Foreigners

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Park Jin-hyung] As the spread of COVID-19 continues mainly in foreigner-dense areas in the Gwangju region, 30 new confirmed cases have been reported.

According to Gwangju Metropolitan City on the 30th, 30 people were diagnosed with COVID-19 in one day, classified as cases 4005 to 4034. In the past two weeks, the number of daily cases exceeded 30 only three times: on the 17th, 22nd, and 29th.

Among the new confirmed cases, 13 reside in Gwangsan-gu, mostly occurring near Wolgok-dong and Hanam Industrial Complex. This is the result of Gwangsan-gu's active testing targeting foreigners.

Of the new confirmed cases on the previous day, 29 were locally transmitted and 1 was imported from overseas.

Eight cases have an unknown infection route, and eight cases are related to other regions or existing confirmed patients.

Five people, including cases 4020, 4021, 4030, 4032, and 4034, were confirmed positive during quarantine after testing or symptom onset.

Case 4021 is a family member of a high school student in Seo-gu who was already confirmed positive, representing an 'n-th generation infection' case.

Cases 4005 and 4034 are classified as related to a medical institution in Dong-gu.

Meanwhile, the quarantine authorities have been closely monitoring the increase in foreigner infection cases in the district since early this month. According to the current confirmed case status by autonomous district, Gwangsan-gu has the highest number with 1,213 cases, followed by Buk-gu (963 cases), Seo-gu (853 cases), Nam-gu (455 cases), and Dong-gu (259 cases).

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