Seoul Confirmed 50 Again … Group Infection at Gwanak Daycare Center and Guro Senior Facility

Entry 2020.09.25 12:25

The number of new confirmed cases of coronavirus (Corona 19) in Seoul increased by 57 at 0:00 on the 25th.

According to the Seoul Metropolitan Government, the number of new confirmed cases per day dropped to 21 on the 21st and then rose again, reaching 50.

The confirmation rate (positive rate), which was divided by the number of patients confirmed on the day (57) by the number of tests on the previous day (2,643), also increased significantly from the previous day (1.4%) to the 2.2%.

Since the group infections occurred in daycare centers and elderly care facilities, the number of confirmed cases increased rapidly. The day before, a group infection occurred at the ‘Love Tree Nursery’ in Gwanak-gu, and the cumulative number of confirmed cases increased to 6 (according to Seoul). After the daycare worker was confirmed for the first time on the 23rd, three daycare officials, a child and a family became infected.

In this young home, officials and children ate together in the living room, and it was found that those under 24 months of age did not wear masks properly.

At the Yemaru Day Care Center, a care center for the elderly located in Dobong-gu, where new confirmed cases are constantly emerging recently, 15 more were confirmed the day before and the cumulative number of confirmed cases rose to 18 (16 in Seoul).

As a result of the epidemiological investigation, all the personnel at the center wore masks well, but it was analyzed that they were exposed to the infection by spending a lot of time together in an enclosed space and eating two meals and two snacks together.

The number of confirmed patients related to the Dongdaegu Bible meeting also increased to 14, with 4 more people. A teacher, the first confirmed person in a child care center in Gangseo-gu, where a group infection occurred recently, is reported to have attended this meeting and became infected. A total of 8 people were confirmed on the 23rd at Gangseo-gu daycare.

At Gangnam-gu real estate brokerage DY Development, four additional confirmed cases came out. One employee was confirmed for the first time on the 18th and four more were confirmed the day before. Authorities are conducting inspections of workers and contacts on the same floor.

At 0 o’clock on the 25th, the cumulative number of confirmed patients in Seoul was 5,152, 872 patients in quarantine treatment and 4,228 people discharged from the hospital after being diagnosed with a cure. The number of deaths increased by 2 the day before to 52 people.