Amid the outbreak of a new coronavirus infection (Corona 19) group infection in the metropolitan area, citizens who visited the temporary screening clinic in Seoul Station Square on the 15th are waiting in line to receive tests. News 1
A mass infection of the novel coronavirus infection (Corona 19) occurred at a moisturizing academy in Songpa-gu, Seoul, and 15 people were confirmed.
According to Songpa-gu on the 16th, in relation to a moisturizing academy in the jurisdiction, one school student was first confirmed for Corona 19 on the 14th, and then 14 additional people were tested positive by that day.
The confirmed cases were 2 academies, including instructors, and 13 students.
The academy teaches from the 3rd year of middle school to the 2nd year of high school, and it is known that the total number of students is around 50.
The school quarantine and disinfect the building, and stopped operating the school for the next two weeks.
The quarantine authorities are investigating additional contacts and specific routes of infection.
Meanwhile, the city of Seoul said that the number of new corona19 confirmed cases that occurred in Seoul for 21 hours from 0:00 to 9:00 pm on the 16th was tentatively counted to 247 including Songpa Moisture Academy.
This is the highest record in 41 days since January 6 (297), and is 84 more than the tentative count (163) of confirmed cases in the same time period the previous day (15).
The count of the number of corona19 confirmed patients at 6 and 9 pm every day is a provisional value, so it may be different from the final count that has undergone duplicate removal.
The number of new confirmed cases in Seoul per day continued from January 7 (191) to this month (112) for 32 days, followed by a record of 90 in just one day on the 8th of this month. 183 → 158 → 136 → 152 → 150 → 161, up and down from 100.
As of 9 pm on the 16th, the cumulative number of confirmed cases in Seoul was tentatively counted at 26,731. The total number of confirmed patients per day on this day is counted as of 0:00 on the 17th, the next day, and is announced in the morning.
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