Thirty-six males in an artillery unit in Pocheon, Gyeonggi Province have actually evaluated positive for coronavirus.
The infections happened even though all soldiers had been taken into full lockdown for 51 days.
According to the Korea Illness Control and Avoidance Agency on Monday, three servicemen at the unit of the fifth Weapons Brigade in Pocheon evaluated favorable on Sunday.
That caused testing of all 240 officers and artillerymen in the unit, and another 33 evaluated favorable. Three of them are officers.
On Aug. 16, the Defense Ministry provided a curfew for all soldiers in the capital area and extended it across the country 3 days later.
Military and health authorities are trying to track the sources of the infection, but so far to no get. However, they discovered that one infected officer had visited Seoul on Sept. 26-27 and are now focusing on looking for out where he went during that time.
Meanwhile, 75 brand-new cases were reported as of Tuesday early morning, bringing the cumulative number to 24,239
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