Gyeongnam-do briefing on Corona 19 response13 confirmed cases of novel coronavirus infection (Corona 19) occurred between the evening of the 24th and the 25th in Gyeongnam.
All are local infections.
Twelve are the contacts of the confirmed person, and one is investigating the route of infection.
By region, there are 5 Changwon, 4 Geoje, 2 Jinju, and 1 each in Miryang and Gimhae.
Among them, a man in his 80s who was confirmed in Gimhae was tested positive after death.
On the 16th, after a family living in Busan was confirmed, the contact test received was negative, so they were in quarantine.
However, he died at 3 pm on the 25th due to worsening his illness since the 23rd.
Subsequently, the notified test was positive.
Among the confirmed patients in Changwon, men in their 50s and women in their twenties were positive for Jinju International Prayer Center-related tests before quarantine.
There were 71 cumulative confirmed cases related to Jinju Prayer Center.
Among the confirmed patients in Geoje, a man in his 40s and a woman in his 30s were contacts related to family members who had meetings with confirmed patients in Siheung, Gyeonggi-do.
Both of them developed COVID-19 symptoms during quarantine.
A man in his 50s in Geoje is a confirmed person related to Geoje care services.
Jinju and Miryang confirmed positive tests because they had contact with or had symptoms in the province.
On this day, in addition to the Gimhae confirmed patient who was positive after death, one in his 80s who was confirmed on the 15th died.
It is known that the deceased who were hospitalized in Changwon Gyeongsang National University Hospital had an underlying disease.
Gyeongnam-do said that under the consent of the bereaved family, they will be cremated first and then have a funeral.
As a result, the cumulative number of confirmed cases in the province increased to 1,876 (208 hospitalized, 1,660 discharged, and 8 deaths).
The province said that a student in the province was hospitalized with a confirmed diagnosis while returning home in relation to a group infection that occurred at an international school in an unauthorized boarding-type religious facility of the Daejeon parent mission.
This student was classified as a confirmed case in Daejeon.
Gyeongnam Province is planning to quickly check the list of workers and visitors by identifying educational facilities and research facilities in the province related to religious facilities in Daejeon.
Shin Jong-woo-do, head of the Welfare and Health Bureau, repeatedly emphasized, “The partial easing of distancing quarantine rules does not necessarily mean that it is somewhat safe from COVID-19 infection.” .
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