Gyeongbuk, 30s Confirmed with COVID-19 Returning from Japan... Family in Gyeongju Tests Negative

As of 0:00 on the 10th, the cumulative confirmed cases in Gyeongbuk total 1,369

The photo shows an Asiana Airlines passenger plane at Incheon International Airport on the 9th. [Image source=Yonhap News]

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Dongwook Park] In Gyeongbuk, one new confirmed case of COVID-19 was identified as an overseas imported case again after three days.

On the 10th, a 36-year-old man living in Gyeongju who entered through Incheon Airport on the 7th was confirmed positive on the 9th after a specimen test at the Gyeongju Public Health Center and was hospitalized at Andong Medical Center. His wife and two children, who had stayed in Japan since the end of May and returned together, tested negative.

Accordingly, as of midnight on the day, the cumulative number of confirmed cases in the region increased to 1,369. The number of recovered patients and deaths remained the same as the previous day at 1,296 and 58, respectively.

The confirmed patients in the Gyeongbuk area, including this man, total 15, receiving treatment at Andong Medical Center (11 people) and hospitals in other cities and provinces (3 people).

Meanwhile, in Gyeongbuk, concerns about the spread of local infections arose as relatives of a 37-year-old woman living in Seongnam, Gyeonggi-do, who was confirmed positive after visiting her aunt’s house in Gyeongsan City with her family on July 29, tested positive in succession. Following the woman’s 4-month-old child and aunt, her parents-in-law living in Gimcheon City were also confirmed positive on the 6th.

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