60 New COVID-19 Cases at 3 Nursing and Psychiatric Hospitals in Daegu... "External Infection Confirmed"

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[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters (Daegu) Reporter Park Dong-wook] The number of new confirmed cases of COVID-19 in nursing hospitals and psychiatric hospitals in Daegu is not decreasing easily.

According to Daegu City on the 31st, as of midnight, the cumulative number of COVID-19 confirmed cases in Daegu was counted at 6,684, an increase of 60 from the previous day. The daily additional confirmed cases have fluctuated in double digits for 20 days since the 12th.

At the Second Miju Hospital (8th to 11th floors), a psychiatric hospital located in a building in Dalseong-gun, and Daesil Nursing Hospital (3rd to 7th floors), confirmed cases continued to pour out.

On this day alone, 55 people, including 50 patients and 5 staff members, were confirmed infected at the Second Miju Hospital, increasing the total confirmed cases to 134. At Daesil Nursing Hospital, 3 additional confirmed cases were reported, bringing the total number of confirmed cases there to 94. In total, 228 confirmed cases have emerged from hospitals in the same building.

At Kimshin Nursing Hospital in Suseong-gu, one patient was confirmed positive, increasing the total to 45. One overseas entrant from Brazil also tested positive.

So far, the total number of inpatients confirmed positive in social welfare living facilities, nursing hospitals, and psychiatric hospitals is 441, accounting for 6.6% of all confirmed cases in Daegu.

Additionally, as a result of the full inspection of caregivers working in hospitals, classified by Daegu City as potential sources of group infection, among 2,368 caregivers from 61 hospitals, 2,118 (92.5%) have received results, and no confirmed cases have been identified yet.

Meanwhile, the cluster infections at the Second Miju Hospital and Daesil Nursing Hospital are presumed to be caused by external infection sources. At the regular briefing on this day, Daegu City explained, "We have identified circumstances where a confirmed patient entered and exited Daesil Nursing Hospital," and "We are investigating who this individual had contact with within the hospital."

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