7 Additional Cases in Gyeongsan City Nursing Hospital Cluster Infection... Double Digits for Two Consecutive Days in Gyeongbuk Province

Gyeongsan Elderly Care Facility: 3 Cases on 31st, 20 on 1st, 7 on 2nd
...As of Midnight on 3rd, Cumulative Confirmed Cases in Gyeongbuk Region Reach 3,558

On the 2nd, when the number of new domestic COVID-19 cases recorded in the 500s for three consecutive days, citizens visiting the temporary screening clinic set up at Seoul Station Plaza were waiting to get tested.
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[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Dongwook Park] The number of confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus infection (COVID-19) in Gyeongbuk Province is fluctuating again due to a cluster infection at a nursing facility for the elderly in Gyeongsan City.

The cluster infection at the nursing hospital for the elderly, which began with 3 staff members testing positive on the 31st of last month, saw 20 new cases on the 1st and an additional 7 confirmed cases on the 2nd, bringing the total number of confirmed cases to 30.

According to Gyeongbuk Province on the 3rd, as of midnight that day, the cumulative number of confirmed cases in the Gyeongbuk area was 3,558 (including 88 overseas cases), an increase of 17 (including 1 overseas case) from the previous day. The new confirmed cases by region are 11 in Gyeongsan City, 4 in Gumi City, and 1 each in Pohang City and Gyeongju City.

Among the 11 new confirmed cases in Gyeongsan City, 7 are related to the nursing facility for the elderly located in Gyeongsan. This nursing facility, a four-story building, consists of a daytime care center on the first floor and a nursing home on the 2nd to 4th floors. There is a care center in an annex building.

During the comprehensive investigation of this nursing facility on the 2nd, additional confirmed cases included 3 from the nursing home, 1 from the care center, 2 family members of daytime care center users, and 1 nursing facility administrator. The remaining 4 cases include 2 contacts of confirmed cases in Daegu, 1 related to a group outbreak at a prayer house in Gyeonggi Province, and 1 with an unknown infection route.

Among the 4 new confirmed cases in Gumi City, 2 are contacts of previously confirmed cases (Daegu, Gumi case number 418), 1 has an unidentified infection route, and the remaining 1 is an imported case.

In Pohang City and Gyeongju City, 1 person each was confirmed positive as contacts of previously confirmed cases from other regions (Asan and Ulsan).

Meanwhile, in Gyeongsangbuk-do, 70 people (excluding imported cases) have been confirmed positive across various locations in the past week, resulting in a weekly daily average of 10.0 confirmed cases. Currently, 1,882 people are under self-quarantine.

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