A Couple in Their 60s and 70s Confirmed with COVID-19 in Daegu... Community Spread in 6 Days

The cafeteria in the main building of the Government Seoul Complex was closed on June 19 after a maintenance technician who visited tested positive for COVID-19.
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[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Park Dong-wook] A couple in their 60s and 70s living in Dalseo-gu, Daegu, was confirmed as new COVID-19 cases on the 20th. This local infection case, not imported from overseas, comes six days after a woman in her 20s from Dalseo-gu was confirmed positive on the 14th.

According to Daegu City on the 20th, a woman in her 60s residing in Dalseo-gu tested positive for COVID-19 after undergoing testing the previous day due to symptoms of fever and cough. Subsequently, her husband in his 70s, who lives with her and was identified as a close contact, also tested positive.

With this, the cumulative number of confirmed cases in Daegu has risen to 6,898. As of this day, there are 40 confirmed patients. Thirty-eight are hospitalized across seven hospitals nationwide, and two are receiving treatment at residential treatment centers. Three patients were declared recovered the previous day, bringing the total number of recovered patients to 6,763 (a recovery rate of 96.9%). The death toll remains unchanged at 185 as of the previous day.

Meanwhile, Daegu had no new COVID-19 cases for three consecutive days starting from the 9th, but on the 12th, middle school students from Buk-gu and Dalseo-gu tested positive, followed by three family members 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 two days after that, but on the 17th, a man in his 30s who had traveled to Pakistan was confirmed as a new COVID-19 case. On the 18th, a woman in her 20s residing in Nam-gu tested positive after entering Incheon Airport from the UK on the 16th and undergoing a walking-through test at Dongdaegu Station.

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