[Asia Economy Reporter Lee Jung-yoon] Yangcheon-gu, Seoul, announced on the 6th that there are 7 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 related to a ping pong hall.
Among the 7 confirmed cases on that day, 4 were visitors to the ping pong hall, and the rest were contacts of the visitors.
Earlier, the Seoul Metropolitan Government announced that as of 10 a.m. on the same day, there were a total of 6 confirmed COVID-19 cases related to the Yangcheon-gu ping pong hall. Although the Seoul city statistics showed no confirmed cases on the 6th, combining the Yangcheon-gu announcement and city statistics suggests that the total number of confirmed cases related to the Yangcheon-gu ping pong hall is at least 13.
In Yangcheon-gu, male confirmed case number 38 visited three ping pong halls in the district between the 28th of last month and the 2nd of this month, and was confirmed positive on the 4th. Since then, confirmed cases have emerged among those who visited the ping pong halls together and their contacts. On the 5th, 5 people tested positive in relation to this.
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