40s Confirmed COVID-19 Case Returning from US Business Trip in Pohang... Gyeongbuk's Community Transmission Remains 'Quiet'

Cumulative Confirmed Cases in Gyeongbuk Region Reach 1,408 as of Midnight on the 29th

The photo shows the COVID-19 walk-through screening clinic installed in the parking lot of Gyeongbuk Gimcheon City Council on August 27. [Image source=Yonhap News]

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Park Dong-wook] On the 28th, one case of COVID-19 imported from overseas was confirmed in Pohang, Gyeongbuk.

According to Gyeongbuk Province on the 29th, a man in his 40s who entered through Incheon Airport on the 25th tested positive after being examined at Pohang Nam-gu Public Health Center the next day. This man, recorded as the 59th confirmed case in the Pohang area, was identified to have returned from a business trip to the United States on May 25.

Accordingly, as of midnight on the 29th, the cumulative number of confirmed cases in Gyeongbuk increased by one from the previous day to 1,408. The number of recovered patients and deaths remained the same as the previous day at 1,310 and 58, respectively.

As of now, 40 confirmed patients in Gyeongbuk are receiving treatment at Pohang Medical Center (8), Gimcheon Medical Center (3), Andong Medical Center (24), hospitals in other cities and provinces (3), and residential treatment centers (2).

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