Two People in Their 40s Returning from Iraq and Kazakhstan Test Positive

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

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

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[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Park Dong-wook] As of midnight on the 24th, two new confirmed cases of COVID-19 from overseas inflow were reported in Daegu.


According to Daegu City on the 24th, two men in their 40s residing in Suseong-gu and Dalseo-gu tested positive for COVID-19 the previous day. The man living in Suseong-gu was confirmed positive after being tested at the Dongdaegu Station walk-through test site following his arrival from Iraq on the 22nd. The man residing in Dalseo-gu was confirmed infected after arriving from Kazakhstan on the same day and undergoing testing at the Dongdaegu Station walk-through site.


Accordingly, the cumulative number of confirmed cases in Daegu increased to 6,903, including these two individuals. The number of recovered patients rose to 6,771 (96.8%) with one discharge the previous day, and the death toll stands at 185. Currently, 37 patients are receiving treatment at hospitals and residential treatment centers.


Meanwhile, on the 23rd, a man in his 20s, a foreign resident living in Yeongcheon City, Gyeongbuk, was confirmed positive after undergoing diagnostic testing at the screening clinic of Keimyung University Dongsan Hospital the previous day.



On the 20th, a couple in their 60s to 70s residing in Dalseo-gu, Daegu, were confirmed as new COVID-19 cases, marking a series of community infection cases. Non-overseas inflow community infection cases had not been reported for six days since a woman in her 20s in Dalseo-gu was confirmed positive on the 14th. The following day, their daughter, a woman in her 30s living in Suseong-gu, was confirmed positive, and on the 22nd, a woman in her 60s, a friend of hers, also tested positive.


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