Daegu Reports 13th COVID-19 Death... 73-Year-Old Male Shincheonji Member (Comprehensive)

[Asia Economy Reporter Jeong Dong-hoon] The 13th death due to the novel coronavirus infection (COVID-19) has occurred in Daegu.

According to Daegu City on the 27th, a 74-year-old man who was urgently transferred from his home to Yeungnam University Hospital at around 6:53 a.m. died of respiratory distress at around 9 a.m.

Daegu Mayor Kwon Young-jin stated at a regular briefing, "I heard the news that one person died just before the briefing," adding, "The deceased is a 74-year-old man who was subject to a full investigation at the Shincheonji Daegu Church."

The man underwent a COVID-19 diagnostic test by a mobile screening team on the 23rd. He tested positive on the 25th and was under self-quarantine. A Daegu city official said, "The deceased had been experiencing fever and cough since the evening of the 22nd," and "He had received a kidney transplant over 20 years ago."

He is the second Shincheonji member to die from COVID-19. Previously, the Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced that the fifth death was a Shincheonji member, but later clarified that this information was incorrect.

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