On the morning of the 6th, quarantine officials affix identification stickers to overseas immigrants at the arrivals hall at Incheon International Airport Terminal 1. yunhap news
The number of patients with novel coronavirus infection (Corona 19) in Gyeonggi Province is not declining due to the aftermath of a group infection that occurred in religious facilities and nursing hospitals.
According to Gyeonggi Province on the 6th, the number of new corona19 patients in the province as of 0 o’clock from the previous day is 284. The cumulative confirmed number was 15,947. Excluding foreign inflows (15), 269 people were infected by the local community, of whom 72 had no infection route.
Religious facilities, serial infection… Yongin A Church confirmed 15 additional people
At A church in Yongin, 15 additional people were confirmed the day before. Since the first confirmed case was released on the 29th of last month, the church has had a total of 142 patients, including 115 in Yongin City and 27 in other regions. This church is a large church with over 1000 members. On the afternoon of the 23rd of last month, members of the church gathered to hold a fun party, and Yongin City explained that most of the attendees did not wear masks. Yongin City has accused the church of violating the Infectious Disease Prevention and Management Act. An official from Yongin City said, “There are only 784 test subjects, but there are many who have not yet come out with test results, so the number of confirmed cases may increase further.”
Two additional patients related to the education training center affiliated with B Church in Suwon City were also added. On the 31st of last month, a Bible study meeting was held at this church training center. About 20 people gathered at this meeting, and after the first confirmation of the first confirmation of a teenager living in Gangwon-do, Suwon City and Asan, Chungcheongnam-do, patients have come out. In Gyeonggi-do alone, 18 people were confirmed. Suwon City is considering imposing a fine for violating the Infectious Disease Prevention and Management Act on the church.
Daily number of inspectors and new cases Daily number of inspectors and new cases Daily number of inspectors and new cases. Graphic = Kim Eun-kyo [email protected]
Confirmed cases occurred in mental hospitals and nursing hospitals
A mental hospital in Anseong-si, where patients started on the 16th of last month, had 11 patients the day before. The number of patients that have occurred so far is 26. The quarantine authorities are in a cohort (same group) quarantine of wards 1 and 2 where the confirmed cases were found.
In a large nursing hospital in Goyang-si, two were confirmed the day before. This nursing hospital has about 300 people, including 195 patients. During the preemptive inspection of nursing homes, one worker was infected for the first time on the 1st. Only 16 patients have occurred so far. The quarantine authorities cohort quarantined the 6th floor of the hospital where the patient came.
As an employee of a service company living in Incheon city was confirmed on the 2nd, the number of confirmed patients related to the construction site in Yangju increased by 3 to a cumulative 13. The number of patients related to the fabric manufacturing plant in Ansan was added, resulting in 54 confirmed cases.
The death toll increased by 12, and the cumulative death toll of Corona 19 in the province was 307. All of them are patients in their 60s to 90s, two of whom are related to a nursing home in Bucheon-si and a nursing home in Goyang-si, where group infections occurred.
Out of 916 beds dedicated to Corona 19, 748 are in use, and 27 beds for severely ill patients (88) remain. There are 1,508 beds left in eight life treatment centers (with a capacity of 3047 people). There are 23 patients waiting at home.
Reporter Choi Moran [email protected]