Group infections in workplaces and nursing centers in the metropolitan area … Unknown 12.7%

In response to the prolonged new coronavirus infection (Corona 19), sporadic group infection continues, targeting workplaces, meetings and nursing homes in the metropolitan area on the 7th when a new social distancing was implemented.

According to the national Corona 19 outbreak released on the 7th by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Bangdaebon), 9 additional contacts were confirmed during a contact investigation with an insurance company in Gangseo-gu, Seoul, and a total of 26 confirmed cases so far.

14 employees, including indicator patients (confirmed for the first time), 8 relatives, 2 acquaintances, 1 colleague of acquaintances and 1 other contact.

Regarding the securities company in Yeongdeungpo-gu, Seoul, five people were added during the contact investigation, and a total of 19 people have been confirmed so far. There are 10 employees, 8 family members and 1 acquaintance, including indicator patients. In relation to the Ace Hope Care Center, a care facility for the elderly in Dongdaemun-gu, Seoul, 3 more were confirmed during the quarantine, resulting in a total of 28 infected. There are 17 users, including indicator patients, 6 workers, 1 visitor, relatives and 4 acquaintances, etc. There are still cases of confirmed cases in relation to the alumni golf club in Yongin, Gyeonggi province. Five more were confirmed during the quarantine, and so far a total of 64 people have been infected. Seventeen, 43 relatives and acquaintances, and 4 more participated in the meeting.

Regarding the medical institutions in Gunpo-si, Gyeonggi-do, and the nursing facilities in Anyang-si, five more were confirmed during the quarantine, resulting in a total of 90 cases. After the infection occurred in a family member in Anyang City, Gyeonggi Province, there was further spread to workplaces and facilities.

Specifically, relatives and acquaintances of Anyang City 4 people, Namcheon Hospital 22 people (caregivers and staff 3 people, patients and users 11 people, relatives and acquaintances 8 people), World Elders Day Center 34 people (carers and staff 8 people, patients and users) 14 people, relatives and acquaintances).

Osan Medical Rehabilitation Nursing Hospital 19 (2 caregivers and staff, 17 patients and users), 11 children in the I-Sarang nursery.

Regarding the SRC Rehabilitation Hospital in Gwangju, Gyeonggi Province, one person was added during the quarantine and a total of 161 people were confirmed. There were 48 patients, 61 caregivers and guardians, including indicator patients, 19 medical and other personnel, 21 family members, and 12 acquaintances estimated to be transmitted outside the hospital.

Regarding the Happy Sanitation Center in Namyang-si, Gyeonggi-do, three of them were quarantined and a total of 79 were confirmed.

There were 51 confirmed cases related to the Happy Nursing Home. There were 23 inhabitants, including indicator patients, 15 workers, 11 additional relatives, and 2 acquaintances. There were 28 confirmed cases related to Hanmaeum Silver Home, another nursing home in the same building, including 16 residents, 11 workers and 1 family.

Regarding the family in Changwon City, Gyeongnam, outside the metropolitan area, 2 people during the quarantine and 1 additional person during the contact investigation resulted in a total of 24 cases. There were 10 attendants to the rite, including the index patient, 4 members of the preacher’s family, 6 acquaintances, 2 colleagues, and 2 more.

According to an epidemiological investigation by quarantine authorities, 16 family members attended the ceremonial meeting. Of these, 10 have been confirmed to date.

Kwak-jin, head of the patient management team, Bang Dae-bon, said at the regular Corona 19 briefing on the same day: “As it is a memorial meeting, it is confirmed that there was a meal or conversation between the family as a cause of infection “.

In the last two weeks, the proportion of patients with “unknown route of infection”, who do not know when or where they were infected, increased slightly compared to the previous day to 12.7%.

Of the 1509 confirmed cases reported from last month 25 to today, 192 cases were “under investigation” because the route of infection was unknown, representing 12.7% of all confirmed cases. The day before it was 12.3%.

Group outbreaks were the largest with 564 (37.4%), 280 (18.6%) from abroad, 251 (16.6%) contacts with previously confirmed cases, 215 (14.2%) including hospitals and hospitals nursing, and 7 (0.5%).