Additional COVID-19 Cases in Jongno-gu, Seoul... Total 7 Confirmed

The number of confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus infection (COVID-19) in Jongno-gu, Seoul, has increased to seven.

According to Seoul City, Jongno-gu, and the Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on the 20th, one additional confirmed case in Seoul announced at 5 p.m. is a 76-year-old male residing in Changsin-dong, Jongno-gu. It is presumed that he had contact with an existing confirmed patient within Jongno-gu. An epidemiological investigation is currently underway.

With this, the number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Jongno-gu has risen to seven, including the sixth patient (the 56th confirmed case) reported earlier that morning. This accounts for about half of the total fifteen confirmed cases in Seoul.