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On the 6th, a clinic was set up in an office in Cheongyang-gun, and the quarantine authorities are conducting a corona 19 test. © News 1 |
As of 6 p.m. on the 6th, the number of new coronavirus infections (Corona 19) nationwide was counted as 300.
This is a decrease of 1 person compared to 301 (final 393) in the same time period the previous day.
If this trend continues, the final number of confirmed cases is expected to be in the mid-to-late 300 or early 400.
By region, there were 122 in Seoul, 94 in Gyeonggi, 17 in Incheon, 17 in Chungnam, 11 in each of Busan and Daegu, 7 in Gwangju, 6 in Daejeon, 5 in Gangwon, 3 in Jeonnam, 2 in Gyeongnam, 2 in Ulsan, Jeju, Chungbuk, and Gyeongbuk are each one.
In Sejong and Jeonbuk, there have been no new confirmed cases to date.
On the 6th, an additional 122 confirmed cases occurred in Seoul.
Among them, group infection was investigated as 13 people, including 5 people related to sports facilities in Seodaemun-gu, 2 people related to restaurants in Gwangjin-gu, 2 people related to sauna in Gangbuk-gu, and 2 people related to church in Dobong-gu.
In addition, infections related to hospital nursing facilities occurred in 12 people, including two related to a medical institution in Yeongdeungpo-gu and two related to a hospital in Seongdong-gu. The rest were contacted with confirmed patients (56), under investigation of the path of infection (39), and 2 from overseas.
On that day, nine additional confirmed cases of group infection related to the wholesale business in the metropolitan area, where the recent group infection occurred, occurred. There are 7 in Anyang and 2 in Gwacheon.
As a result, the cumulative number of confirmed cases in the province related to this company increased to 23.
In Bucheon City, a total of three people, including those infected with their families, were confirmed.
Bucheon No. 1562 (Middle-dong) was confirmed after contact with the Anyang No. 975 confirmed person. This patient is a family of 1551·1552 in Bucheon, which was confirmed on the 4th, and both of them became infected after contacting with the confirmed case of Anyang No.
In Gimpo, 10 additional people, including one related to day care centers, were confirmed. As a result, the cumulative number of confirmed cases in the province related to day care centers increased to 44.
On that day, 17 people, including 7 people with unknown infection routes, were confirmed in Incheon City.
By region, there were 4 people in Gyeyang-gu and Yeonsu-gu, 3 in Seo-gu, 2 in each of Michuhol-gu and Seo-gu, and 1 in Namdong-gu.
As for the infection route, there were 9 contact with confirmed patients, 7 unknown infection routes, and 1 foreign inflow, and no additional confirmed cases appeared on the day at major group infection sites that appeared every day.
In Busan, 11 confirmed patients were added, including 4 people related to Good Healing Hospital.
The confirmed cases related to Good Healing Hospital were one outpatient, one family member, and two caregivers.
As a result, the total number of confirmed cases related to Good Healing Hospital increased to 19 (5 workers, 3 caregivers, 4 family contacts, and 7 patients).
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Annual trend of new confirmed cases in Korea for Corona 19 |
Sangrakjeong Baesan Silverville Nursing Home and the Gamcheon Branch of the Hangun Union also received an additional confirmation of one each.
In Daegu, 11 confirmed cases were added on the 6th.
Among them, five workers and one family member living with the worker were confirmed at a restaurant used by a confirmed person in the office of the Gyeongbuk Federation of the Senior Citizens’ Association in the city hall annex, and one user of a sports facility in Dong-gu was confirmed by an inspection before self-isolation.
In Ulsan, two people, including a woman in her twenties who returned from overseas, were confirmed.
After returning from the United States on the 3rd, the woman was tested and confirmed on the 6th.
The quarantine authorities are conducting epidemiological investigations to quarantine the confirmed person’s residence and to identify traffic routes and contacts.
Three confirmed cases occurred in the Jeonnam region. There are 2 Muan-gun and 1 Hwasun-gun.
In the Chungnam region, 17 additional people, including the head of a village, were confirmed.
Among them, six people, including the head of a village, were infected in Cheongyang-gun. Cheongyang 54 (60s), the head of a village in Cheongyang-gun, was confirmed on the 5th, followed by a total inspection of 256 contacts, and 5 more were confirmed on the 6th.
It was investigated that the confirmed patients held a meeting of the village leaders at the Myeon Office Hall with the confirmed person (Cheongyang No. 54) on the 3rd. There were also confirmed cases in Dangjin (4), Seocheon (2), and Cheonan (1).
In the Gyeongnam area, two confirmed cases occurred on the 6th.
By region, there is one each in Changwon and Sancheong.
A confirmed patient living in Changwon (a woman in her twenties) was tested positive for symptom expression, and the route of infection is under investigation.
Sancheong confirmed patients (male in their 70s) were found to have been infected after contact with Anyang confirmed patients.
In the Gangwon area, 5 confirmed cases were added. It was counted as two in Cheorwon and Hwacheon and one in Hongcheon.