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The 15 new cases of COVID-19 have been confirmed in Korea
  • Date2020-02-19 10:48
  • Update2020-02-19 16:51
  • DivisionDivision of Risk Assessment and International Cooperation
  • Tel043-719-7553

The 15 new cases of COVID-19  have been confirmed as of 19 Feb. in Korea


As of 19 February, 2020, there have been 15 new confirmed cases, and 46 confirmed cases in total.


Period

(since 3 January)

Total

Confirmed cases

Suspected cases

Sub-

total

isolated

discharged

Sub-total

being tested

tested negative

As of 16:00, 18 Feb.

9,772

31

19

12

9.741

818

8,923

As of 9:00, 19 Feb.

10,411

46

34

12

10,365

1,030

9,335

Differences

+639

+15

+15

0

+624

+212

+412

*The designated case number will be informed later.

 

The number of 13 newly confirmed cases out of a total 15 cases have been confirmed at Daegu-city and Gyengbuk province. Based on the epidemiological investigation, 11 cases out of 13 newly cases are the contacts of the 31th case; 10 cases are contact from the same church and 1 case is a hospital-contact. 2 cases are under investigation.

 

A daughter of the contacts of 20th , Korean female who born in 2009, tested positive while being in self-quarantine. And the additional case, Korean male who born in 1943 has been confirmed at Seoul and currently being isolated in National isolation hospital.

 

The central government(MOHW, KCDC) was dispatched a special task force in Daegu-city to implement disease control measure with local government.

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