Seoul confirms 24 more MERS cases; total number reaches 88

Seoul confirms 24 more MERS cases; total number reaches 88
Claire Lee
The Korea Herald

SEOUL: -- Seoul confirmed one death and 24 more cases on Monday morning, bringing the total number of infected patients to 88. With the newly confirmed cases, which includes the country’s first teenage diagnosed patient, South Korea surpassed the United Arab Emirates as the country with the second-most MERS cases in the world.

Among the 24, 18 patients, including the teenager, were all infected at the emergency room of the Samsung Medical Centre in Seoul, where they stayed with the 14th confirmed patient from May 27-29. The rest six are related to the 16th patient who stayed at two medical facilities in Daejeon – Dae Cheong Hospital and Konyang University Hostpial – from May 22–30.

The sixth MERS death was also confirmed on Monday morning. The deceased was diagnosed with the virus on Sunday, becoming the 84th confirmed patient in the country, and died at Dae Cheong Hospital in Daejeon on Monday morning. The 80-year-old had been staying as an inpatient at the same hospital since March for pneumonia. He is believed to have been infected from the 16th patient from May 25 to 28.

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-- ANN 2015-06-08