Gyeongbuk Reports Community Infection After 26 Days... 37-Year-Old Woman from Gyeonggi Visited Gyeongsan

As of 0:00 on the 1st, cumulative confirmed cases in Gyeongbuk region total 1,360 (Gyeongsan-si 640)

On July 30, a robot equipped with artificial intelligence (AI) demonstrated COVID-19 disinfection at the comprehensive bus terminal arrival area in Gwangcheon-dong, Seo-gu, Gwangju.

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Dongwook Park] A woman in her 30s in Gyeongsan-si, Gyeongbuk, has tested positive for the novel coronavirus infection (COVID-19). It is the first community infection case in Gyeongbuk in 26 days.

According to Gyeongbuk Province on the 1st, a 37-year-old woman living in Seongnam-si, Gyeonggi-do, who visited a relative's house in Gyeongsan-si on July 29, tested positive after being tested at Gyeongsan Public Health Center on the 31st following notification of her mother's positive diagnosis.

It was confirmed that when this woman visited her relative's house in Gyeongsan, she brought her parents and daughter in her car. Her mother was classified as a close contact of a confirmed case in the Gyeonggi-do area, was ordered to self-quarantine, returned home to Seongnam, and was later notified of her positive diagnosis there.

Gyeongsan City and health authorities have placed eight people who had contact with this woman under self-quarantine and are tracing the infection route.

Accordingly, as of midnight on this day, the number of confirmed cases in the Gyeongbuk area increased to 1,360 (640 in Gyeongsan-si). The number of recovered patients and deaths remained the same as the previous day at 1,293 (95.4%) and 58, respectively.

In the Gyeongbuk area, sporadic cases of overseas inflow continue, but community infections have not occurred for 26 days since the 5th.

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