A man in his 50s arriving from abroad in Daegu tests positive for COVID-19... Daegu total cases reach 6,883

On May 26, disinfecting and quarantine company personnel conducted internal disinfection work at Keimyung University Daegu Dongsan Hospital, which was used as a COVID-19 isolation ward.

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Park Dong-wook] One person entering the United States from Daegu has tested positive for the novel coronavirus infection (COVID-19). No confirmed cases related to the medical student at Keimyung University Dongsan Hospital, who was diagnosed on the 28th, have emerged, so the feared hospital-acquired infection has not been confirmed.

Daegu City announced in a briefing on the morning of the 31st that as of 0:00 that day, the number of confirmed COVID-19 cases increased by one from the previous day to 6,883. The confirmed case identified that day was a man in his 50s who entered through Incheon International Airport from the United States on the 28th and tested positive at the Dongdaegu Station walk-through test on the same day. He is currently hospitalized and receiving treatment at Daegu Medical Center.

With one confirmed patient discharged the previous day, the cumulative number of recovered patients increased to 6,693 (97.2%). The number of COVID-19 deaths in the Daegu area is 181 (2.6% of the total), including a 74-year-old man who died on the 29th.

Meanwhile, as of 4 p.m. on the 30th, Daegu City has been notified by the government of a total of 6,570 overseas arrivals. Among them, 6,521 have undergone COVID-19 testing, with 6,412 testing negative and 34 testing positive. Seventy-five people are awaiting test results, and the remaining 49 are preparing for specimen testing.