11 Cumulative Deaths at Bucheon Nursing Hospital... 5 More Deaths While Waiting for Beds

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[Asia Economy Reporter Hyunwoo Lee] Five additional infected patients who were waiting for transfer at a nursing hospital in Bucheon, Gyeonggi Province, where more than 130 confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus infection (COVID-19) occurred and were isolated, have died. This brings the total number of deaths at the nursing hospital to 11.

According to Bucheon City on the 20th, five confirmed patients at Hyoplus Nursing Hospital in Sangdong, Bucheon City, where a recent COVID-19 cluster infection occurred, died the previous day. The deceased were identified as one woman in her 90s, three women in their 80s, and one man in his 80s. All of them stayed inside the nursing hospital, isolated due to the cluster infection, and died while waiting for allocation to dedicated hospital beds.

As of the afternoon of the same day, there are 134 confirmed cases related to this nursing hospital, and the number of deaths has increased to 11. Among the 11 deceased, 10 died while waiting to be transferred to dedicated hospital beds, and one died after being transferred to Seongnam Hospital of Gyeonggi Provincial Medical Center. Except for one man in his 60s, all 10 deceased were elderly confirmed patients aged between 70 and 90.

As of the same day, excluding confirmed patients who have already been transferred to other hospitals, 116 people, including 90 residents and 26 staff members, are still under cohort isolation inside the nursing hospital. Among them, 81 confirmed patients, including 65 residents and 16 staff members, are waiting to be moved to dedicated hospital beds, but due to the shortage of beds, the transfer is delayed, raising concerns that the number of deaths may increase.

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