Corona 19 in Korea started with a group infection from colleges, academies, and hospitals, and is leading to'n-th infection'.



In particular, as the number of confirmed local outbreaks approached the level at the end of August, when the'second epidemic' centered on the metropolitan area was in full swing, the government has opened a plan to raise the social distancing stage, which is the 1.5 stage, to stage 2, and is reviewing various measures. .



According to the Central Defense Countermeasure Headquarters (Bang Dae-bon), following yesterday (the 21st), confirmed cases of group infections related to school, student meetings, and academy occurred one after another.



In the metropolitan area, 58 people were tested positive in a pile during the short-term appointment academy in Noryangjin, Dongjak-gu, Seoul, and the cumulative confirmed number increased to 69.



The confirmed cases are spread across the country, including Seoul, Incheon, Gwangju, Gyeonggi, Gangwon, Chungbuk, Chungnam, Jeonbuk, and Jeonnam, with 66 students from the institute, two from the institute, and one family member.



Sook-young Lim, head of situation general manager Bang Dae-bon, explained, "The tests were all completed until late last night for 603 confirmed patients, close contacts, and school students who are concerned about spreading, and 69 of them were confirmed."



Director Lim said, "The test takers who were confirmed were inevitably prevented from taking the test, and even those who were confirmed negative could take the test at a separate test center."



Bang Dae-bon analyzed that the academy was vulnerable to group infection because many students gathered in a narrow space and it was difficult to provide adequate ventilation.



As a result of an epidemiological investigation, it is known that this group infection was derived from a case involving family and acquaintances in Namdong-gu, Incheon.



Looking at the estimated route of infection, the first patient (indicator patient) in the case of a family and acquaintance in Namdong-gu, Incheon, attended a acquaintance meeting at a restaurant, and it was investigated that it was spread to Noryangjin Appointment Examination Academy through acquaintances who attended the meeting.



In the case of family and acquaintances in Namdong-gu, Incheon, 41 confirmed cases have occurred so far.



In addition, at the international student meeting in Mapo-gu, Seoul, 7 people were added after the first confirmed cases occurred on the 17th, increasing the cumulative number of confirmed cases to 8.



In the non-metropolitan area, two additional people were added during the contact investigation at Sunmoon University in Asan-si, Chungcheongnam-do, and the cumulative number of confirmed cases increased to 16, and Gimcheon University, Gimcheon-si, Gyeongsangbuk-do, also had 9 students and one official from a medical institution where subjects practiced after the first confirmed cases came out on the 19th. Including 10 people tested positive.



At social gatherings with medical institutions, confirmed cases of nth infection appeared one after another.



In the daytime ward of the University Hospital in Jongno-gu, Seoul, 10 additional confirmed cases have been confirmed since the first confirmed case on the 18th, and the cumulative number of confirmed cases to date is 11.



According to the composition of confirmed cases, there are 2 patients, 3 patient caregivers, 1 hospital worker, 4 family members of hospital workers, and 1 hospital visitor.



In connection with a hospital in Gangseo-gu, Seoul, additional confirmed cases came out from restaurants visited by hospital workers, so the cumulative number of confirmed cases has increased to 28.



At Wonkwang University Hospital in Iksan City, Jeonbuk, 14 people, including medical staff, patients, caregivers and guardians, were all positive.



The cumulative confirmed number increased to 19 with 9 additional confirmations at the metropolitan alumni movement meeting, 3 at the Cheongsong-gun family meeting in Gyeongsangbuk-do, a total of 32 confirmed cases, and the cumulative confirmed cases related to social gatherings in Changwon, Gyeongsangnam-do increased to 28.



In addition, after the first confirmed cases came out on the 16th at a PC room in Gwangyang, Jeollanam-do, 20 additional people were confirmed, and the cumulative number of confirmed cases increased to 21 people, including PC room visitors and workers, and their families and acquaintances.



In Cheongnyeonsa, an unregistered religious facility in Dobong-gu, Seoul, the number of confirmed cases increased to 29, with 5 additional people, and the number of confirmed cases related to saunas in Seocho-gu, Seoul increased to 41.



In addition, in the case of existing group infections related to junior high schools and gyms in the metropolitan area, 17 people were diagnosed during quarantine, and the number of cumulative confirmed cases is 90 so far.



The proportion of'unknown infection routes' patients who do not know when and where they were infected remained in the 14% range from yesterday.



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