Daegu Sarang Church Cluster Infection 'Subsiding' ... Additional Confirmation of Infection in Two-Year-Old Child Among Congregants

As of 00:00 on the 1st, the cumulative confirmed cases in Daegu region total 7,049

On August 30, when 30 confirmed cases were reported after 152 days, a COVID-19 patient is being transported in front of the emergency room at Kyungpook National University Hospital in Daegu.
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[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters, Reporter Park Dong-wook] The trend of church-related cluster infections of the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in the Daegu area has somewhat entered a calming phase.

Within three days, confirmed cases related to Dong-gu Sarangui Church reached 34% (36 people) of the total congregation (103 people), causing fear among local residents. However, the spread trend has calmed with no additional confirmed cases among the congregation, except that on August 31, a two-year-old child of a church member tested positive.

According to Daegu City on the 1st, the two-year-old son of a Sarangui Church member who was confirmed positive on the 29th of last month tested positive again on the 31st. It was identified that the child's mother attended an in-person worship service with the child after the Gwanghwamun rally. Also, a man in his 50s residing in Dalseo-gu who returned from Ghana to Incheon Airport on the 28th was finally confirmed positive on the third retest.

Accordingly, as of midnight on the 1st, the cumulative number of confirmed cases in the Daegu area was 7,049, an increase of 2 from the previous day (local infections 6,979, imported cases 70). Currently, 105 confirmed patients undergoing isolation treatment are receiving care distributed across three local hospitals.

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