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- 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.