Daegu, Consecutive COVID-19 Confirmations from a Couple in Their 60s... One Case Each for Two Days in a Row

Positive COVID-19 Tests for Dalseo-gu Couple in Their 60s-70s on 20th
Daughter of Couple (Resident of Suseong-gu) Also Confirmed on 21st
60s Female Acquaintance of Daughter Infected on 22nd
Local Cumulative Cases Rise to 6,900

On the morning of the 22nd, when normal attendance began, a child is having their temperature checked before entering the classroom at Daegu Baekhap Daycare Center in Jung-gu, Daegu.
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[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Park Dong-wook] In Daegu, new COVID-19 cases are rapidly emerging among couples in their 60s and 70s. On the 21st, the couple's daughter tested positive, followed by a 60-year-old acquaintance of the family on the 22nd.

According to Daegu City on the 22nd, a woman in her 60s living in Buk-gu was classified as a close contact of a woman in her 30s who tested positive the previous day, and tested positive herself.

As a result, the cumulative number of confirmed cases in Daegu reached 6,900 as of midnight on the 21st. Currently, 40 confirmed patients are receiving treatment, with 38 hospitalized in seven hospitals nationwide and 2 in residential treatment centers.

The number of recovered patients increased by one the previous day, totaling 6,765 (recovery rate 96.8%). The death toll remains unchanged at 185 as of the previous day.

Meanwhile, on the 20th, a couple in their 60s and 70s living in Dalseo-gu, Daegu, was confirmed as new COVID-19 cases. This local infection case, not imported from overseas, came six days after a woman in her 20s in Dalseo-gu tested positive on the 14th. The next day, their daughter, a woman in her 30s living in Suseong-gu, was confirmed positive, and on the 22nd, a 60-year-old female acquaintance of hers also tested positive.

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