[Breaking] One COVID-19 Death Among 90s Patient at Gunpo Hyosarang Nursing Home

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[Asia Economy Reporter Seongpil Cho] One resident of Hyosarang Nursing Home in Gunpo-si, Gyeonggi Province, where a cluster infection of the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) occurred, has died.

According to Gunpo City and the bereaved family on the 27th, a 95-year-old female resident who was confirmed positive the day before and was undergoing isolation treatment at Gyeonggi Medical Center Suwon Hospital died at 3:40 PM on the same day. The cause of death is reported to be COVID-19.

Hyosarang Nursing Home (33 residents, 21 staff) saw the number of confirmed cases increase to a total of 20 (15 residents, 5 staff) over 8 days after one resident was confirmed positive on the 19th. Among them, the first confirmed case, an 85-year-old woman, died of pneumonia on the 22nd while receiving inpatient treatment at Myongji Hospital in Goyang.

The 5th floor of Hyosarang Nursing Home has been under cohort isolation since the 19th, and the 4th floor since the 21st.

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