The 187th Death Reported in Daegu After Five Days
Cumulative Confirmed Cases in Daegu Reach 7,124 as of Midnight on the 20th
The scene of the Dongchunghacho business briefing hall on Chilseongnam-ro, Buk-gu, Daegu, where participants were collectively infected with COVID-19. [Image source=Yonhap News]
[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Park Dong-wook] Secondary and tertiary COVID-19 cases continue to emerge related to the Dongchunghacho business briefing held in the Daegu area at the end of last month.
According to Daegu City on the 20th, a woman in her 40s living in Dalseong-gun, who was classified as a contact of a man in his 70s living in Dalseong-gun confirmed positive on the 3rd after attending the Dongchunghacho business briefing and was under self-quarantine, tested positive in a test conducted before the quarantine was lifted.
Also, a woman in her 70s who had met a man in his 70s from Dalseo-gu, confirmed positive on the 16th during contact testing of attendees of the Dongchunghacho business briefing, was confirmed as a tertiary infection through contact testing.
As of midnight on the 20th, the cumulative number of COVID-19 confirmed cases in Daegu has increased to 7,124 (7,045 local infections, 79 imported cases). At the Dongchunghacho business briefing held in the basement level 1 of a building in Buk-gu, Daegu on the 29th of last month, 27 residents aged 50 to 80 attended, and 26 of them except one were confirmed positive for COVID-19.
Daegu also reported its 187th death the previous day. An 83-year-old grandmother with underlying conditions such as diabetes, hypertension, and dementia, who was hospitalized at Bobaeyoyang Hospital in Seo-gu, passed away around 12:30 a.m. on the 20th after testing positive again on the 26th of last month following the outbreak at the nursing hospital. This is the 189th COVID-19 death in Daegu, occurring five days after the death of a 91-year-old grandmother on the 14th.
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