Pohang Sees Secondary Infections from Ulsan, Gumi Reports Bakery Family Cluster... 8 New COVID-19 Cases in Gyeongbuk

As of 0:00 on the 10th, the cumulative confirmed cases in Gyeongbuk region increased by 8 from the previous day, totaling 1,752 cases

On the morning of the 7th, firefighters are transferring COVID-19 confirmed patients to an ambulance in front of Yangji Nursing Hospital in Nam-gu, Ulsan, where a large number of cases occurred. A total of 91 confirmed cases were reported at this hospital over two days.
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[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters, Reporter Park Dong-wook] Three people, including family members of a confirmed case who had contact with a retired caregiver from Ulsan Yangji Nursing Hospital (Ulsan No. 222), identified as the index case in the cluster outbreak managed in Pohang, have tested positive for COVID-19.

In Gumi City, four members of a family, including the owner of a bakery in Okgyedong, tested positive.

As of midnight on the 10th, the cumulative number of confirmed cases in the Gyeongbuk region increased by 8, including one imported case from Chilgok the previous day, bringing the total to 1,752.

According to Gyeongbuk Province and others, the owner of a famous bakery in Okgyedong, Gumi City, was confirmed positive after visiting a public health center with symptoms of fever and headache, and three family members subsequently tested positive. The infection route of this family has not yet been identified. Including them, the cumulative confirmed cases in Gumi City total 104.

In Pohang City, three new confirmed cases, including two related to the Ulsan nursing hospital, have been reported, increasing the cumulative confirmed cases to 141.

Cases No. 139 and 141, residents of Nam-gu, Pohang, are family members of case No. 134 (resident of Nam-gu, Ulsan), and were confirmed positive at the Nam-gu Public Health Center screening clinic during self-quarantine after showing COVID-19 symptoms.

Case No. 134, confirmed on the 6th in Pohang after visiting family in Pohang from Ulsan, was found to have had contact with the retired caregiver (Ulsan No. 222) from Ulsan Yangji Nursing Hospital, where a cluster infection occurred. Therefore, the new confirmed cases No. 139 and 141 in Pohang are classified as secondary infections originating from Ulsan.

In Chilgok County, one person who entered from an Asian country on November 25 tested positive in a test before the end of self-quarantine.

In Gyeongbuk Province, 58 local infection cases (excluding imported cases) have occurred in the past week, with the weekly daily average number of confirmed cases recorded at 8.3.

Meanwhile, to assist with the shortage of hospital beds due to the recent surge in confirmed cases in Ulsan, Gyeongbuk Province accommodated 12 confirmed patients from Ulsan at the Korean Studies Advancement Institute Humanities and Spiritual Training Center, a living treatment center in the Gyeongbuk area, on the 9th.

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