No. of COVID-19 patients in S. Korea increases by 144, raising total to 977 скачать в хорошем качестве

No. of COVID-19 patients in S. Korea increases by 144, raising total to 977

코로나19 국내 확진자 1천명 육박…사망 11명 South Korea is seeing a sharp rise in coronavirus infections on a daily basis now. Eleven fatalities, including the first foreigner in South Korea, have been reported.... and the number of confirmed cases in the nation is closing in on one-thousand. For more details, we have our Kim Ji-yeon on the line. Jiyeon, the number of COVID-19 cases continues to shoot up, especially in the virus-stricken city of Daegu? That's right. The number of newly confirmed patients jumped by 144 from the previous day... raising the total number of cases in South Korea to 977, as of Tuesday. The majority of the newly confirmed cases are in the southeastern city of Daegu and the surrounding Gyeongsangbuk-do Province -- the total number of confirmed cases there reaching 791. On Tuesday, some 56-percent of the newly confirmed cases were traced to members of the religious group 'Shincheonji' . Local authorities see the main source of the virus in South Korea as coming from the religious group... and those that have been in contact with its members. The central disaster headquarters of the Korea Centers for Disease Control has said it is stepping up efforts to track down the remaining Shincheonji members... for a thorough investigation. It has received a list of some 212-thousand members. Authorities say they are aiming to complete their probe into all the members on that list within the next two weeks... starting with medical examinations of high-risk patients. It plans to conduct an examination via phone with the other members. Meanwhile, five more South Korean soldiers were confirmed to have the virus... raising the number of confirmed cases in the South Korean military to 18... as of Tuesday. The newly confirmed include two senior-level Air Force personnel... and two Army personnel... all of them based in Daegu. One Army officer is based in southeastern county of Uiseong , Gyeongsangbuk-do Province. With this, the number of soldiers that are being quarantined in their homes or at separate locations on their bases has risen to some 9-thousand-230. As I touched upon before, the number of coronavirus-related deaths has also risen in South Korea, and it now includes a foreign national who was due to get medical treatment here. That's right. The death toll has reached eleven in Korea. The most recent victim was a 35-year-old Mongolian male who had been hospitalized in Namyangju after being transferred to South Korea earlier this year as he waited for a liver transplant. It's the first case a foreigner dying in South Korea due to the coronavirus. The number of people in South Korea who have been discharged from hospital after making a full recovery remains the same as the previous day at 22. Prime Minister Chung Sye-kyun, in the first meeting he presided over in Daegu on Wednesday, stressed for strong containment measures... and stated the government is aiming to stabilize the situation in Daegu within four weeks. Back to you. #epidemic #death #quarantine Arirang News Facebook:   / arirangtvnews