At Bonghwa Pureun Nursing Home in Gyeongbuk, a senior welfare facility where a large number of confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus infection (COVID-19) have been reported, quarantine staff are disinfecting the interior. <br>[Image source=Yonhap News]

At Bonghwa Pureun Nursing Home in Gyeongbuk, a senior welfare facility where a large number of confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus infection (COVID-19) have been reported, quarantine staff are disinfecting the interior.
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[Asia Economy Reporter Jeong Dong-hoon] A woman in her 90s who tested positive for the novel coronavirus infection (COVID-19) at Pureun Nursing Home in Bonghwa-gun, Gyeongbuk, has died, raising the total number of COVID-19 deaths in South Korea to 83.


According to Gyeongbuk Province on the 17th, Ms. A (97, female) passed away at 2:45 a.m. at Gimcheon Medical Center due to worsening pneumonia symptoms.


Ms. A was diagnosed with COVID-19 during a mass screening at Pureun Nursing Home on the 5th and had been hospitalized and treated at Gimcheon Medical Center. She suffered from dementia as an underlying condition.


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She is the third death among the confirmed cases from the cluster outbreak at Pureun Nursing Home.


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