Over 400 Cumulative COVID-19 Cases at Dongbu Detention Center

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[Asia Economy Reporter Song Seung-yoon] The cumulative number of confirmed COVID-19 cases at Seoul Dongbu Detention Center, where a group infection occurred, has exceeded 400.

According to the Ministry of Justice on the 14th, from the 12th to this day, 22 inmates and 7 staff members at Seoul Dongbu Detention Center were newly confirmed positive, bringing the total number of confirmed cases to 403.

During the same period, 9 inmates at Incheon Detention Center also tested positive, increasing the cumulative confirmed cases to 102.

At the National Legal Medicine Hospital (Treatment and Custody Center) in Gongju-si, Chungnam, 65 inmates, medical staff, and employees have been confirmed positive for COVID-19 as of this day.

Previously, from the end of 2020 to early last year, more than 1,200 inmates and correctional facility staff were confirmed positive due to a group infection at Dongbu Detention Center.

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