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Group infection related to hospitals and religious facilities continues … Severance Hospital 4 additional confirmed cases

Article entry 2020.09.12 15:09Last update 2020.09.12 15:09
Reporter Jihee Kim, Ministry of Industry

Two more deaths on day 12 … Up to 357 accumulated deaths

Relief Clinic at Sinchon Severance Hospital, Seodaemun-gu, Seoul (Photo = Yonhap News)

[아시아경제 김지희 기자] The outbreak of the new coronavirus infection (Corona 19) continues in large hospitals and religious facilities. The death toll also totaled 357 people that day.

The Central Defense Response Headquarters (Bang Dae-bon) announced that as of 12 noon on the 12th, 4 new confirmed cases related to Severance Hospital in Seodaemun-gu, Seoul were added, resulting in a total of 23. In addition to Severance Hospital, the number of confirmed cases is increasing, mainly in places where the existing group infection occurred in the metropolitan area.

An additional person was infected at the Seoul Pogyo Center in Yeongdeungpo-gu, Seoul, resulting in a confirmed cumulative number of 23.

In relation to the kindergarten in Icheon-si, Gyeonggi-do, four were added and the confirmed cumulative number increased to 18. On the 15th of last month, the number of confirmed cases related to a demonstration in central Seoul increased by one. up to a total of 565.

After the first patient came out on day 8, 9 people were added in the contact survey and a total of 10 people tested positive.

The sequelae of group infection continue even in the non-metropolitan area. During the contact survey related to the Daejeon healthy food briefing, three more were confirmed and the confirmed cumulative number increased to 54. In the case of a service nursing home in Geumsan-gun, Chungcheongnam-do, it was confirmed a total of 10, an increase of one.

The number of confirmed cases related to the Sanyangsam business briefing in Chilgok-gun, Gyeongsangbuk-do, was cumulative.

Meanwhile, with two more deaths that day, the cumulative death toll rose to 357. To date, there are a total of 164 patients with severe and severe stomach problems. By age, 38 people over 80 years old (23.2%), 67 people over 70 years old (40.9%), 39 people over 60 years old (23.8%), 14 people over 50 years old (8.5% ), 5 40-year-olds (3%), 30 One (0.6%) is the largest.

The proportion of patients whose route of infection was not accurately identified was 23.4% during the last two weeks.

Reporter Kim [email protected]


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