Over 2,000 COVID-19 Cases Reported in Military
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[Asia Economy Yang Nak-gyu, Military Specialist Reporter] Kim Seung-gyeom, Vice Commander of the ROK-US Combined Forces Command (General), tested positive for COVID-19, and the number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in the military has surpassed 2,000.
According to the Ministry of National Defense on the 22nd, there were 2,124 new confirmed cases that day. By affiliation, the Army had 1,331 cases, the Air Force 232, the Navy 201, Ministry of National Defense direct units 182, the Marine Corps 144, the Ministry of National Defense 18, the Joint Chiefs of Staff 11, and the Combined Forces Command 5. The cumulative number of confirmed cases in the military reached 58,010, with 14,227 currently under management.
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Meanwhile, the United States Forces Korea announced that from the 15th to the 21st, 485 new confirmed cases were added, bringing the cumulative total to 7,345. Of the 485 cases, 474 were related to US military bases in Korea, and the remaining 11 were imported cases from overseas.
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