First COVID-19 Death at Pureun Nursing Home... Domestic Death Toll Rises to 50

A 70-Year-Old Confirmed with COVID-19... Preexisting Conditions Including Heart Disease and Dementia

On the 5th of this month, quarantine officials are disinfecting the interior at Pureun Nursing Home in Bonghwa, Gyeongbuk. (Photo by Yonhap News)

[Asia Economy Reporter Kim Ji-hee] A woman in her 70s who was hospitalized at the Pureun Nursing Home in Bonghwa, Gyeongbuk, and tested positive for the novel coronavirus infection (COVID-19) has died.

According to Gyeongbuk Province on the 8th, a 78-year-old woman residing in Daegu was confirmed positive at Pureun Nursing Home, classified as a COVID-19 cluster infection site in Gyeongbuk. She was transferred to Gimcheon Medical Center on the 6th and received treatment but died of pneumonia around 2 p.m. on the 7th. She was known to have underlying conditions such as heart disease and dementia.

With this, the total number of deaths in South Korea due to COVID-19 has risen to 50.

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