The first death of a pediatric patient… “Children who died have underlying diseases, post-confirmed”

4 children under 19 years of age with severe severe cases

By Jeong Yeon-ho, staff reporter tpgod@seoul.co.kr” style=”padding:0px;margin:0px”>

▲ On the 29th, in the control room of Bakae Hospital, Pyeongtaek, Gyeonggi-do, a hospital dedicated to the corona 19, the appearance of the ward is shown on the monitor of the bed. 2021. 11. 29
By Jeong Yeon-ho, staff reporter tpgod@seoul.co.kr

Regarding the death of the first confirmed case of the novel coronavirus infection (COVID-19) in a child under the age of 10 in Korea, the quarantine authorities said that it was “a case confirmed post-mortem after visiting a medical institution.”

According to the Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (KCDC), among the 44 new deaths on the 30th, one person aged 0-9 was included. Authorities are currently investigating the route of infection and the cause of death of the deceased child.

Koh Jae-young, a spokesperson for the Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, said at a briefing at the Central Quarantine Countermeasures Headquarters on the same day, “On the 28th, a child under the age of 10 died after visiting the emergency room and was confirmed posthumously.” , and since the 20th, symptoms such as fever and sore throat,” he explained.

Park Young-joon, head of the epidemiological investigation team at Bang Dae-bon, also said, “At that time, the child arrived at the emergency room in a poor (prognosis) condition rather than a simple (mild) symptom. situation,” he added.

On the 22nd, a mother who was diagnosed with COVID-19 at the 25th week of pregnancy gave birth to a stillborn baby in the process of giving birth prematurely. The deceased fetus tested positive for COVID-19. However, considering that it is a fetus whose birth has not been registered, it was excluded from the statistics of confirmed cases and deaths.

As of today, there are 661 patients with severe cases in the hospital. Among them, 556 people were in their 60s or older, accounting for the majority. It was followed by people in their 50s and 60s, 25 in their 40s, 15 in their 30s, and 1 in their 20s. Three teenagers are minors, and one is under the age of 10. All of them were found to have underlying diseases.

By Kwak Hye-jin, staff reporter demian@seoul.co.kr