Gyeongbuk Reports Zero Local COVID-19 Infections for Five Consecutive Days... Recovery Rate at 93.3%

Published 31 May.2020 08:23(KST)

Updated 14 Aug.2025 00:38(KST)

On May 27, first and second grade students are entering Pohang Steel Jigok Elementary School in Nam-gu, Pohang-si, Gyeongbuk, on the first day of in-person classes. [Image source=Yonhap News]

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters, Reporter Park Dong-wook] In Gyeongsangbuk-do, there have been no new community infections of the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) for five consecutive days since the 27th (as of midnight).

According to Gyeongbuk Province on the 31st, as of midnight that day, no new confirmed cases were reported the previous day, keeping the total confirmed cases at 1,337. Among the confirmed cases, one patient who had been hospitalized at Pohang Medical Center was declared fully recovered, increasing the total number of recovered patients to 1,248, raising the recovery rate to 93.34%.

Meanwhile, in Gumi, Gyeongbuk, after the confirmation of COVID-19 in a university student and a high school student brothers on the 21st, nine people were confirmed positive within five days, centered around Elim Church and Saemaeul Central Market.