The Army's Highest COVID-19 Cases Are in the '1 Gun-dan'... Daily Cases Reach 300+

Lieutenant General Lee Doo-hee, Commander of the Army 1st Corps, is issuing operational guidelines during combat command training. (Photo by Kookbang Ilbo)

[Asia Economy Yang Nak-gyu, Military Specialist Reporter] The frontline has been put on alert as more than 300 new COVID-19 cases have been added daily at the Army 1st Corps.

According to the military on the 16th, the Army 1st Corps reported 384 new confirmed cases as of the previous day, bringing the cumulative total to 3,825 cases. In terms of daily confirmed cases, this number is twice that of the Navy. Notably, about 30% of the Army's confirmed cases, which reached 1,200 on that day, were identified within the 1st Corps.

On the same day, the Ministry of National Defense announced that 2,213 new COVID-19 cases had been confirmed. The additional cases were distributed as follows: Army 1,222, Air Force 336, Ministry of National Defense direct units 264, Marine Corps 188, Navy 168, Ministry of National Defense 22, Joint Chiefs of Staff 7, and Combined Forces Command 6. The cumulative number of confirmed cases within the military stands at 42,856, with 11,416 currently under management.

Recently, the Army 1st Corps conducted a 4-night, 5-day Battle Command Training Program (BCTP). At that time, the corps stated that despite the rapid increase in COVID-19 cases, they made every effort to ensure safe training by early identification of infected individuals and measures to prevent the spread of infection within the unit.

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