Daegu, COVID-19 Confirmed Patient in Nursing Hospital Dies... Regional Death Toll Reaches 185

On March 30th, messages from children supporting healthcare workers doing their best to respond to COVID-19 were displayed on the window of a daycare center in front of Daegu Medical Center.
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[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Park Dong-wook] A woman in her 60s who was hospitalized in a nursing hospital in Daegu and was confirmed positive for the novel coronavirus infection (COVID-19) died about 80 days after the onset.

This is the first COVID-19 death in Daegu in 9 days since the 2nd, bringing the total number of deaths in the region to 185.

According to Daegu City on the 11th, a 61-year-old woman receiving treatment at Daegu Medical Center died at 8:11 a.m. that day. The woman, who suffered from Parkinson's disease and hypertension, tested positive in a full inspection of the nursing hospital on March 17 while hospitalized at Hansarang Nursing Hospital in Seo-gu, Daegu, where a group infection occurred. Since then, she has been treated at Chilgok Kyungpook National University Hospital and Daegu Medical Center.

Meanwhile, as of midnight on the 11th, the number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Daegu remains at 6,888, the same as the previous day. The number of recovered patients in Daegu was counted at 6,736 (97.8%, national average 89.2%) with 4 discharges the previous day.

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