Additional 16 confirmed, including 7 at the refrigeration plant in Seo-gu, Busan

Medical staff are vaccinating Pfizer at the Corona 19 Vaccination Center in the Yeongnam area of ​​Busan National University Hospital in Yangsan. 2021.3.3/News1 © News1 Reporter Joo-yeon Yeo

In Busan, 16 new cases of coronavirus infection (Corona 19) (Busan 3526~3541) occurred.

According to the city of Busan on the 24th, 1 in the afternoon of the previous day and 15 in the morning of the day were positive, and the total number of confirmed cases increased to 3541.

By region, there are 3 people in Seo-gu, Haeundae-gu, Saha-gu, 2 in Yeongdo-gu, and 1 in Dong-gu, Busanjin-gu, Nam-gu, Suyeong-gu, and Gijang-gun.

Seven employees of the Western refrigeration plant were confirmed confirmed at once. Earlier, the day before, the employee number 3524 was confirmed.

One additional worker at the Gamcheon Port business site in Seo-gu was also confirmed. As a result, the number of related confirmed cases increased to 20 (14 workers and 6 contacts).

The Seo-gu refrigeration plant was found to be located very close to the Gamcheon Port plant. However, as a result of the first investigation by the city health authorities, it was found that there was no business related part between the refrigeration plant and the Gamcheon port plant.

Seoul confirmed spontaneous nth infection was also followed. The 3541 confirmed that day is the family of 3410, the contact of the Seoul confirmed patient. It spread in the order of 3410→3413 (family)→3541.

A family member of 3421, a co-worker of 3413 times, was also confirmed during self-contained quarantine.

One confirmed person related to the church in Haeundae-gu was added. To date, there have been 11 confirmed cases, including 2 confirmed cases in Gyeongnam.

Lee So-ra, head of the Busan City Citizens’ Prevention Promotion Division, explained, “It was investigated that the distance within the church, wearing a mask, and disinfecting facilities were relatively well maintained, but ventilation seems to have been poor due to the structure of the facility.”

There were 4 patients whose source of infection was unknown.

On that day, 19 patients were diagnosed with cure and discharged from the hospital. No additional deaths came out.

Currently, 168 people are being treated in Busan, of which 8 are severely ill.

There have been 93 confirmed cases in the last week, and the daily average number of confirmed cases is 13.3. This is a slight increase from 11.5 last week.

For one week, the Infectious Reproduction Index was 0.78, down from 0.87 last week.

There were 19 cases where the source of infection was unknown, accounting for 20.4% of all confirmed cases. In particular, in the case of Saha-gu, 15 infection sources, 27.8% of 54 confirmed cases, have not been identified in the last month.

The previous day, 2,856 people finished vaccination, and so far, 56,813 people have completed the vaccination. The inoculation rate is 57.3%.

Five inoculations complaining of adverse reactions occurred the day before, and one of them shows suspicion of anaphylaxis.

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