Gyeongbuk, 'COVID-19' Community Transmission Quiet for Fifteen Days

As of the 21st, the cumulative confirmed cases are 1,342
Overseas imported cases reported for the first time in 14 days

On June 19, in the forest of Seokjang-dong, Gyeongju, Gyeongbuk, another egret is passing in front of a family of egrets at Dongguk University Gyeongju Campus.

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters, Reporter Park Dong-wook] As of the 21st, Gyeongbuk Province has not reported any community transmission of the novel coronavirus infection (COVID-19) for fifteen consecutive days.

Although one Bangladeshi individual in Goryeong tested positive as an imported case from overseas the previous day, marking the first new confirmed case in 14 days, no additional confirmed cases have been reported since then.

According to Gyeongbuk Province on the 21st, the cumulative number of confirmed cases remains at 1,342 as of midnight, unchanged from the previous day.

The number of recovered patients increased to 1,274 with one patient discharged from Pohang Medical Center the previous day, while the death toll remains at 58, the same as the day before. Currently, 10 confirmed patients are receiving treatment at three hospitals in the province, including Pohang Medical Center.

Meanwhile, on the 6th, the father of two brothers attending Daegu Agricultural Meister High School living in Gumi tested positive, and on the 5th, a female teacher in her 20s from Gyeongbuk Food Meister High School residing in Yeongcheon, Gyeongsan, was confirmed positive. On the 4th, one overseas entrant each in Pohang and Yeongcheon tested positive.

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