Gyeongbuk 'COVID-19' Cases Single-Digit for 8 Consecutive Days... 1 Additional Death Reported

On the afternoon of the 4th, disinfection operations to prevent the spread of the novel coronavirus infection (COVID-19) were carried out around Gyeongsan Station in Gyeongsan-si, Gyeongbuk Province, jointly conducted by the Army 2nd Operations Command, the 50th Division, Gyeongbuk Province, and Gyeongsan City.
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[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters, Reporter Park Dong-wook] The number of confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus infection (COVID-19) in Gyeongbuk has remained in single digits for eight consecutive days.

According to Gyeongsangbuk-do on the 7th, as of midnight that day, the number of confirmed cases increased by one from the previous day to 1,272. The death toll also increased by one to 50. The number of recovered patients increased by 13 to 879.

The new confirmed case is a man in his 40s from Gyeongju City, presumed to have been infected through family transmission. The deceased was a 78-year-old man who had been hospitalized and treated at Gyeongsan Gimcheon Medical Center, suffering from underlying conditions such as hemiplegia due to cerebral infarction, hypertension, and pneumonia.

The number of new confirmed cases in Gyeongbuk has been in single digits for eight consecutive days since the 31st of last month.

Meanwhile, on the 6th, Gyeongsangbuk-do deployed 190 new public health doctors to 23 city and county health centers on the front lines of COVID-19 response. This includes 36 specialists, 108 medical doctors, 27 dentists, and 55 oriental medicine doctors. The newly deployed public health doctors were appointed early on the 5th of last month due to a shortage of medical personnel caused by the spread of COVID-19.

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