Daegu, Overseas Returnees Confirmed with 'COVID-19' ... On the 17th and 18th

Daegu Region Cumulative Confirmed Cases Total 6,896

On June 17, visitors are viewing the exhibition "Post-Corona - New Solidarity" at the Daegu Art Museum in Suseong-gu, Daegu.

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Park Dong-wook] A woman in her 20s living in Daegu who returned from the United Kingdom has tested positive for the novel coronavirus infection (COVID-19).

According to Daegu City on the 18th, a woman in her early 20s residing in Nam-gu was confirmed positive for COVID-19 through a walking-through test at Dongdaegu Station after arriving at Incheon Airport from the UK on the 16th. In Daegu, out of 7,841 overseas arrivals, 7,799 have undergone diagnostic testing, with 43 confirmed cases among them.

As a result, as of midnight on the same day, the cumulative number of confirmed cases in Daegu increased by one from the previous day to 6,896. The number of recovered patients rose to 6,759 (96.9%) following the discharge of two patients the previous day. The death toll stands at 185.

Meanwhile, Daegu had no new COVID-19 cases for three consecutive days starting from the 9th, but on the 12th, middle school students in Buk-gu and Dalseo-gu tested positive, followed by a family of three returning from France confirmed on the 13th. On the 14th, a woman in her 20s living in Dalseo-gu and a man in his 40s returning from Mexico were confirmed positive.

There were no new cases for the next two days, but on the 17th, a man in his 30s who had traveled to Pakistan was confirmed as a new COVID-19 case.

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