Two COVID-19 Deaths This Morning in Daegu... Total Domestic Deaths Reach 70 (Comprehensive)

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[Asia Economy Reporter Moon Jiwon] One more confirmed case of the novel coronavirus infection (COVID-19) has died in Daegu. The total number of deaths in the country has risen to 70.

According to Daegu City on the 13th, at around 8:40 a.m. that day, a COVID-19 confirmed patient A (75, female), who was hospitalized and receiving treatment in a negative pressure room at Keimyung University Dongsan Hospital, passed away.

Ms. A was confirmed positive for COVID-19 at Dalseo-gu Public Health Center on the 4th, and the next day, she showed symptoms of fever and difficulty breathing, leading to her hospitalization at Keimyung University Dongsan Hospital.

She was found to have hypertension and diabetes.

At around 2 a.m. that day, an 85-year-old male patient B died at Daegu Medical Center.

Mr. B was confirmed positive for COVID-19 at Seo-gu Public Health Center on the 3rd and had been hospitalized and receiving treatment at Daegu Medical Center.

He had hypertension as an underlying condition and was also found to have had pulmonary tuberculosis in the past.

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