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COVID19 cases are still increasing in Jeju since early May.

It had 7 cases(#996~1002) on May 27th, 13(#1003~1015) on the 28th, 8(#1016~1023) on the 29th, 7(#1024~1030) on the 30th, and 12(#1031~1042) on the last day of May.

It went on to 14(#1043~1056) on the first day of June, 12(#1057~1068) on the 2nd, 21(#1069~1089) on the 3rd, 22(#1090~1111) on the 4th, 19(#1112~1130) on the 5th, and 13(#1131~1143) on the 6th. It had 8 cases(#1144~1151) on the 6th, which is the first time to have the number under 10 in the new month.

According to Jeju, the total cases in Jeju summed up to 1,042 as of June 1st at 11:00 am. It had cases every day in May, which got 328 tested postive. This surpassed 87 cases in April by 241 more, which is 3.8 times. This means May portioned 52.8% of the year-to-date number of 621.

It was the second that had more than 300 cases in a month after December which had the 3rd epidemic since the first case on February 21st last year.

Jeju analyzed that May 'the month of family' made people contact more in families and groups and led them to bigger numbers of COVID19 positive. The relevant proofs are that small collective infection in family, schools, and daily lives.

In May, 15 days had more than 10 cases in a day. This means 10.6 people every day. The worst was 26.

Out of 328 new cases in May, 302(92%) were Jeju residents. 225(68.6%) were chased to have been infected by contacting other patients. This was different from April when 71.2%(62 pax) got contracted after visiting other region, meeting people who tested positive later, or traveling from abroad.

■ Herd infection has contributed the big increase since the varsity athletes on May 3rd, to public places like singing rooms, and to private zones like schools, companies, etc.

Family gathering and wedding reception parties became the spreader of the coronavirus since the mid May.

149 people, 45.4% of the whole cases in May, are by cluster infection. 66 of them are from the varsity group, which is the biggest. 24 are from companies and wedding receptions, 14 from a family reunion, 12 from restaurants, 12 from public baths, 9 from friend-gatherings, 7 from a company in Seogwipo city, and 5 from a clan gathering.

■ The R0, or reproduction numbers, that means how many infections a confirmed person bring out, rose up to 2.28 in May, but it got down to 0.98 now.

It changed as 1.13(4.27~5.3) → 2.28(5.4~10) → 0.90(5.11~17) → 0.98(5.18~24) → 0.98(5.25~31) in Jeju.

New cases of COVID19 in Jeju never seem to decrease. Jeju had rough days with 19 cases(May 23rd), 17 cases(May 24th), 6 cases(May 25th), and 18 cases(May 26th) after the numbers were under 10 on May 20th(5), May 21st(7), and May 22nd(8) each.

Another group infection emerged at a draft beer shop near Jeju City hall. It has 8 cases confirmed since May 24th. They are known to have worked May 21~25. 5 of them are in theire 20s.

Beside this, Jeju has been practicing testing on people who might have contacted patients in Seogwipo City at Beophwan Community Center, the male section of Hyeondae Public Bath, and Jeju Palace Restaurant.

It was also announced that 30 cases were infected with mutant coronavirus; 29 with British one, and 1 with Indian one. The latter is a case of a person came to Jeju from abroad.

The herd infection of athletes showed 20 were with the British one.

Is it a sign of falling of new cases of COVID19 infection?

Jeju had only 4 cases of the infection on May 18th after two weeks' tough time with more than 10 cases (even 24 on May 10th) on most dates.

It began with wrestling atheletes of a university infected on May 4th, when had 9 cases. The coronavirus has contracted 63 people so far. This has been revealed that young people moved around, which had more chanced of infecting each other noraebang(karaoke rooms), internet cafes, and so on.

A family gathering for spiritual service has set a big shade of the virus as much as 17 cases till now.

A public bath became a center for 12 patients.

And there are 8 cases going back to cases 851 and 852(May 9th) who are related to Gwangju case 2565.

According to the analysis by Jeju today, it has had 480 cases this year only. 187 are from this month, which is the biggest number of all. Out of the 187, 171 are Jejuites. 136 from 187 were infected by contacting infected people in Jeju. It spreaded more through families, friends, etc.

Honeymooners to Jeju Island test positive for COVID19 as more tourists are visiting the island.
Jeju case 68p and 683 on April 20th arrived in Jeju on April 19th for honeymoon. A worker at the company of 683's got contracted.
Jeju case 672 is one of the honeymoon couple. They were supposed to leave Jeju on that day after 4 nights. The patient showed symptoms since the morning.

Infection of family tourists continue as well.
Cases 678 and 679 on April 20th came to Jeju on the 17th with one more family.
Case 676 on the 19th was visiting the island with one family member since the 16th.
Case 674 on the 18th got to Jeju with 3 more family.

More tourists to Jeju test positive for COVID19 as the number of visitors is arising.
The five cases(#640~644) on April 7th are one of those.
- #640~642
Arrived in Jeju on the 5th with another perso. Their family confirmed positive on the 6th in Changwon.
- #643~644
서 Their family confirmed in Joongrang-gu, Seoul. They were accompanied by two more family members.

The three(#637~639) on the 6th are tourists as well.
- #637
Family with case 630 who confirmed on the 1st aftet having symptoms during entering the airport.
- #638
Family with case 634. Arrived in on the 2nd.
- #639
Arrived in on the 3rd from Ulsan.

The two(#635~636) were the same on the 4th.
- #635
Arrived in Jeju on the 2nd. from Seoul, Joongrang-gu.
- #636
Arrived in on the 3rd from Incheon, Michu-gu.

The two(#633~634) on the 3rd.
- #633
Arrived in Jeju on the 1st. Family in Busan confirmed.
- #634
Arrived in on the 2nd. Family in Nowon-gu, Seoul confirmed.

Case 632 on the 2nd came to Jeju on March 29th.

Case 630 out of four(#628~631) showed a fever at Jeju airport on the 1st.

Jeju is still in good control over COVID19 when the daily cases of infection is over 500.

● March 24th(0)

● March 25th(#618~620)

- Case 618: A foreigner who entered Jeju on the 24th.

- Case 619: Visited Gyeongbuk from the 18th till 21st and Dobong-gu, Seoul on the 21st.

- Case 620: Checking the paths of infection.

● March 26th(#621~622)

- Case 621: Had symptoms since March 17th, but a test on the 25th.

- Case 622: Family with case 621. Had symptoms since March 20th.

● March 27th(0)

● March 28th(#623)

- Case 623번: Arrived in Jeju on the 27th from abroad.

● March 29th(0)

● March 30th(#624~625)

- Case 624: Visited Seoul areas from the 8th till the 23rd. Screened with a fever trying to leave Jeju this day.

- Case 625: Arrived in Jeju on the 22nd. Notified of having contacted a Gyeonggi case on the 24th. Had a negative result from the first test.

● March 31st(#626~627)

- Case 626: Tourist who entered Jeju on the 23rd. Got notified of having contacted a Gyeongnam case.

- Case 627: Screened of a fever during entering Jeju on the evening of the 30th after having stayed in Seoul since March 1st.

● April 1st(#628~631)

- Case 628&629: Both met a Gangnam-gu case while the person was in Jeju, case 628 on the 26th and case 629 from the 26th till the 28th respectively.

- Case 630: Screened over a fever while entering Jeju in the morning.

- Case 631: Contacted one of cases 628 & 629.

● April 2nd(#632)

- Case 632번: Arrived in Jeju for tour on March 29th. Been notified of having contacted a Seongbuk-gu case from Seoul on the 1st.

With the spring around the corner, COVID19 is under control in Jeju. Jeju has another two days of no new case. This is the first in a month after it had the same result February 21st and 22nd.

● 11th: Case 603&604 know each other. They visited the same place together where a company of them went and later got infected.

● 12th: Case 605 contacted case 604.

● 13th: Case 606 contacted a Busan patient during the visit February 26th till 28th.

● 14th: Cases 607&608 are family with case 571(March 1st). Case 609 is not concluded.

● 15th: Cases 610&611 are family. The infection paths to be concluded.

● 16th: Case 612 is a friend of cases 610&611's. This person contacted them.

● 17th: Case 613 contacted case 611. Case 614 arrived in Jeju from the US.

● 18th: 0 case.

● 19th: Case 615 arrived on the 18th with 3 people.

● 20th: Case 616 came to Jeju on the 18th for business.

● 21st: Case 617 is visiting Jeju with 3 family members since the 18th.

There was no case on March 22nd and 23rd.

Cherryblossom starts to bloom in Jeju.
Hope COVID19 goes away when the flowers fall.

High school students get infected with COVID19 in Jeju.
The Jeju case 599 is a junior at Jeju girls' commercial high school. She tested positive on March 9th.
Another case was a student at Ohyun high(#593) on March 6th. More(#599, 600) came the next day. Case 598 tested positive on the 8th.
The COVID19 is expanding its group of infection as it keeps going longer.

Anyway, Jeju had 4 new cases, 2(599, 600) on the 9th and 2(601, 602) on the 10th respectively.
Case 600 is a family with case 567(February 24th). Case 601 is a friend with case 590(March 6th, Teach). Case 602 is a tourist from Seoul who arrived in Jeju on the 6th with a family.

지 Jeju has had 20 new cases of COVID19 since March 3rd. Some are between families. A teacher and higi school students got infected as well.

●March 3(#580~582)
- 580&582: Went to the same bar with case 575(March 1st) 과 case 577번(2nd). They are public servants at, mostly, Jeju Council.
- 581: Family with case 573(1st).

●March 4th(#583~584)
- 583번: Family with the infected of Gangnam-gu, Seoul, who met friends from Seoul while staying in Jeju from January till March 2nd.
- 584: Contacted case 80(3rd).

●March 5th(#585~589)
- 585: Contacted the infected of Yeongdo-gu, Busan.
- 586: Family with case 57(1st).
- 587: Family with case 557(Feb. 19th).
- 588: Family case 579(2nd).
- 589: Went to the same bar with case 580&case 582.

●March 6th(#590~593)
- 590~593번: Family. One is a teach. One is a senior at a high school.

●March 7th(#594~596)
- 594&596: Goes to the same school with case 593번(6th).
- 595: Had a test before starting group training.

●As of 5 pm on March 8th(#597~598)
- 597: Contacted an infected person of Nowon-gu, Seoul. Arrived in Jeju on the 6th.
- 598: Knows case 593번(6th).