4-Month-Old Baby in Gyeongsan, Gyeongbuk Tests Positive for COVID-19... Following Mother

As of 0:00 on the 2nd, the cumulative confirmed cases in Gyeongbuk region total 1,361

The photo shows arriving passengers waiting for transportation at Incheon International Airport on the morning of July 31. [Image source=Yonhap News]

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Park Dong-wook] In Gyeongsan-si, Gyeongbuk, a 4-month-old baby girl tested positive for the novel coronavirus infection (COVID-19). This infant is the daughter of a woman who tested positive after visiting relatives' house in Gyeongsan-si, Gyeongbuk from Seongnam, Gyeonggi-do.

According to Gyeongbuk Province on the 2nd, following the 37-year-old woman who tested positive on July 31, her 4-month-old daughter also tested positive.

The woman living in Seongnam, Gyeonggi-do, visited her relatives' house in Gyeongsan last month on the 29th, and after being notified of her mother's positive diagnosis, she was tested at Gyeongsan Public Health Center on the 31st and received a positive result.

It was confirmed that when the woman visited her relatives' house in Gyeongsan, she brought her parents and daughter in her own car. The woman's mother was classified as a close contact of a confirmed case in the Gyeonggi-do area, was instructed to self-quarantine, returned home to Seongnam, and was later notified of her positive diagnosis there. Gyeongsan City and health authorities have placed 8 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 1,361 (641 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 occurred for the first time in 26 days since the 5th.

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