7 Confirmed Cases of 'n-th Infection' in Naenam-myeon and Angang-eup, Gyeongju Over the Weekend... 30s Nursing Assistant Passes Away

5 New Confirmed Cases on the 20th Following 5 on the 19th

Mayor Joo Nak-young briefing on the COVID-19 situation.

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters, Reporter Park Dong-wook] In Gyeongju City, Gyeongsangbuk-do, seven new confirmed cases of COVID-19 were added over the weekend of the 19th and 20th, and the chain infection has not subsided. In particular, public anxiety has increased as a nurse assistant in her 30s who was receiving treatment passed away.

In the Gyeongju area, five cases were confirmed on the 19th and two on the 20th. As of 7 p.m. on the 20th, the cumulative number of confirmed cases in Gyeongju is 167.

The 162nd confirmed patient on the 19th is the pastor of the church attended by the confirmed cases from the 'Naenam-myeon Rice Cake Shop Family Gathering,' and the 163rd confirmed patient is a member of the church choir.

The 164th female confirmed patient living in Angang-eup has an unknown infection route, and the 165th confirmed patient, a nurse assistant at a hospital in Angang-eup, is a colleague of the 154th confirmed patient.

The 166th confirmed patient on the 20th is a student at Naenam Elementary School and attends the same school as the 159th confirmed patient from the 'Naenam-myeon Family Gathering.' The 167th confirmed patient in their 40s is a private tutor of the 158th confirmed patient (the eldest son of the rice cake shop owner).

The confirmed patient who died on the 20th was a nurse assistant in her 30s who was transferred to Dongguk University Gyeongju Hospital with pneumonia symptoms and then confirmed positive (Gyeongju 154).

This woman tested negative twice for COVID-19 before hospitalization on the 4th and 10th. As her pneumonia symptoms worsened, she was moved to the national isolation ward at Dongguk University Hospital, where she tested positive.

She reportedly was admitted to a hospital in the city on the 11th due to severe abdominal pain and headache symptoms starting from the 5th, and was transferred to Dongguk University Hospital in critical condition. With this, the number of citizens who have died from COVID-19 in Gyeongju has increased to four.

Gyeongju City had implemented 'Enhanced Social Distancing Level 2' measures only in Angang-eup and the nearby Gangdong-myeon from midnight on the 16th, but after three days, from midnight on the 19th, the application range was expanded to the entire city.

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