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The city of Incheon announced on the 17th that one confirmed coronavirus infection (Corona 19) died and 17 additional people were tested positive.
The death toll was a confirmed case who was tested positive for Corona 19 on the 2nd of last month, and the cumulative death toll in Incheon area totaled 52.
Eight out of 17 new confirmed cases were sporadic infection cases that were tested positive after contacting with an existing confirmed case.
Two of them are contacts of confirmed patients related to Western family and acquaintances who have recently suffered a group infection. As they were tested positive during self-isolation, there were 33 cumulative confirmed cases related to the infection case.
One person who entered Korea from overseas was also confirmed as being confirmed, and the path of infection of the remaining six is under investigation.
At Bupyeong-gu Office, where one public official was confirmed the day before, Corona 19 tests were conducted on 219 people, including employees working on the same floor, but all of them were negative.
A nurse working in the emergency room of Gachon University Gil Hospital in Namdong-gu, Incheon, was confirmed the day before and tested samples on 279 people, including patients and co-workers, but no additional confirmed cases came out.
The number of new confirmed cases in each region is Namdong-gu 4, Michuhol-gu and Dong-gu, 3 each, Yeonsu-gu, Bupyeong-gu, Seo-gu, and Ganghwa-gun.
As of the afternoon of the previous day, 9 out of 51 dedicated treatment beds for severely ill patients in Incheon are in use, and 87 out of 782 are dedicated to infectious diseases.
As of this day, there are 4,205 cumulative corona19 confirmed cases in Incheon.
/Incheon = Reporter Jang Hyun-il [email protected]
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