11 People Infected in Bulk in Sancheong, Gyeongnam... 1 Dead and 14 Additional Cases

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters, Reporter Ju Cheol-in] As the third wave of the novel coronavirus infection (COVID-19) continues to intensify in South Korea, cluster infections are ongoing in Gyeongnam Province, including the death of one confirmed patient.

Gyeongnam Province announced that a man in his 70s, who was receiving treatment at Masan Medical Center, passed away around 6 p.m. on the 25th.

Patient number 1139 was confirmed positive on the 23rd and was being treated at Masan Medical Center; he was linked to the Geoje Hot Spring cluster. With this, the number of deaths in the province has risen to four.

According to the province, as of 11 a.m. that day, 14 new confirmed cases were reported: 11 in Sancheong, and one each in Jinju, Geoje, and Hadong.

All 11 cases in Sancheong were contacts of Gyeongnam patient number 1174 (male in his 70s), who was confirmed the previous day with an unknown infection route. A 70-year-old woman, six men in their 60s, three men in their 40s, and one man in his 50s were all confirmed positive at once and classified as patients 1177 through 1187. This is the first cluster infection reported in Sancheong.

In Jinju, a woman in her 30s, who was a family contact, tested positive and was classified as patient 1175.

In Hadong, a man in his 30s, also a family contact, tested positive and was classified as patient 1188.

In Geoje, a woman in her 60s with an unknown infection route tested positive and was classified as patient 1176.

As a result, the cumulative number of confirmed cases in the province has increased to 1,185 (342 hospitalized, 839 discharged, 4 deceased).

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