An Octogenarian Confirmed Patient with Lung Disease at Cheongdo Nursing Hospital Dies... 76 Domestic Deaths (Update)

Pneumonia Worsens While Receiving Treatment After Transfer to Gimcheon Medical Center

Cheongdo Nursing Hospital for the Elderly Photo by Yonhap News

[Asia Economy Reporter Han Seung-gon] An woman in her 80s who was diagnosed with COVID-19 at the Cheongdo County Senior Nursing Hospital in Gyeongbuk and was receiving treatment at the hospital has died. This brings the death toll in Gyeongbuk to 20 and the national death toll to 76.

According to Gyeongbuk Province on the 16th, Ms. A (82) passed away at Gimcheon Medical Center at around 3:45 p.m. on the 15th.

According to health authorities, Ms. A was living in the Cheongdo County Senior Nursing Hospital when she was diagnosed with COVID-19 on the 5th.

Afterwards, Ms. A was transferred to Gimcheon Medical Center for treatment, but she died as her pneumonia symptoms worsened. She had underlying conditions including heart failure and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.

Gyeongbuk Gimcheon City is urgently disinfecting businesses visited by COVID-19 confirmed patients. Provided by Gimcheon City

It is reported that Ms. A had been staying in the same room as Ms. B (86, female), who died of pneumonia on the 4th and was diagnosed posthumously with COVID-19.

Ms. B had tested negative in four tests before her death but was confirmed positive after passing away. She was the first COVID-19 death at the nursing hospital.

This nursing hospital shares the same building as Daenam Hospital, where a cluster outbreak of confirmed cases occurred.

As of midnight on the 16th, there are 1,104 confirmed COVID-19 cases in Gyeongbuk.

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