Daegu 7 and Gyeongbuk 5 Single-Digit Confirmed Cases Continue... Woman in Her 80s Dies After Vaccination

On the 30th, citizens lined up to get tested at the temporary COVID-19 screening site set up in Duryu Park, Dalseo-gu, Daegu. [Image source=Yonhap News]

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Kim Yong-woo] Seven new COVID-19 cases have been confirmed in Daegu.

As of midnight on the 1st, Daegu City reported that there were 4 cases in Buk-gu, 2 in Dalseo-gu, and 1 in Dong-gu, bringing the total number of confirmed cases to 10,605.

Among the new cases, 4 are related to a PC bang in Buk-gu and all tested positive before being released from self-quarantine. Another case is related to a family cluster in Dalseo-gu.

The remaining 2 cases were identified as contacts of confirmed patients from Yeongju, Gyeongbuk, and Icheon, Gyeonggi-do.

In Gyeongbuk, 5 new cases were reported: 2 in Pohang, and 1 each in Yeongju, Gyeongju, and Uiseong. The cumulative confirmed cases total 4,954.

In Pohang, one case has an unknown infection route, and another was in contact with a confirmed patient from Gangnam-gu, Seoul.

The Yeongju case is a 'dark figure' patient whose infection route is under epidemiological investigation. The Gyeongju case was a contact of a confirmed patient from Gwangmyeong, Gyeonggi-do, and the Uiseong case is an imported case.

The daily number of confirmed cases in Gyeongbuk has remained in single digits for a week.

In Gimcheon, a woman in her 80s showed vomiting symptoms after receiving her second dose of the Pfizer vaccine on the 30th of last month. Her breathing and pulse dropped, and she was immediately taken to the hospital but passed away.

Health authorities have begun investigating the causal relationship with the vaccination.

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