Daegu, Local Infections Quiet for 32 Days... Concern Over Family Infection Spread in Gyeongsan, Gyeongbuk

As of 0:00 on the 4th, Daegu region cumulative confirmed cases 6,942
Aunt confirmed positive after hosting nephew's family from Gyeongbuk and Seongnam, Gyeonggi-do

On August 3rd, amid a heatwave forecast in Daegu, a COVID-19 related sculpture is installed at the National Debt Repayment Movement Memorial Park in Jung-gu. [Image source=Yonhap News]

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters, Reporter Park Dong-wook] In Daegu, there have been no new cases of community transmission of the novel coronavirus infection (COVID-19) for 32 consecutive days.

According to Daegu City on the 4th, as of midnight, the total number of confirmed cases in the region is 6,942. The number of recovered patients increased by one as of the previous day’s discharge, totaling 6,844 (recovery rate 97.2%). The death toll remains unchanged at 187.

In the Daegu area, no new community transmission cases of COVID-19 have been reported for 32 days since July 4. Despite imported cases such as a mother and daughter who arrived from Syria on the 1st and 2nd and tested positive consecutively, the local community remains calm.

Currently, 10 confirmed patients are undergoing isolation treatment in Daegu. Among them, nine are hospitalized in five hospitals nationwide, and one is receiving treatment at a residential treatment center. Of these, only one patient hospitalized with community infection excluding overseas entrants is currently admitted.

Meanwhile, in Gyeongbuk Province, following the confirmed cases of a mother and daughter living in Seongnam, Gyeonggi-do, who visited relatives in Gyeongsan, Gyeongbuk, a 55-year-old woman (the aunt of the 37-year-old woman) who welcomed them was also confirmed infected on the 4th. This brings the total confirmed cases in the Gyeongbuk area to 1,363.

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