Origin | 2015-06-05 10:44
By Lee Ji-hye
The Ministry of Health and Welfare Friday confirmed that a 76-year-old Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) patient died while receiving treatment at a state-designated hospital.
This brings the death toll to four and the confirmed MERS cases went up by five to 41.
The fatality rate among the zpatients went up to 9.8 percent.
The ministry said that the dead patient was male, being tested positive with the virus on May 21.
The newly confirmed cases included an Air Force sergeant major, 45, the first patient among military personnel.
Ministry officials said he was put in the same hospital ward as the first patient to be confirmed.
The five additional patients are all seen to have contracted the virus within a hospital, by either being admitted or visiting another patient on May 14 - 31.
The recent test results confirm a total number of 41 people in total throughout the nation, with an increased.
Over 1,600 people remain quarantined, while1,164 schools are closed.
The Ministry of Health and Welfare Friday confirmed that a 76-year-old Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) patient died while receiving treatment at a state-designated hospital.
This brings the death toll to four and the confirmed MERS cases went up by five to 41.
The fatality rate among the zpatients went up to 9.8 percent.
The ministry said that the dead patient was male, being tested positive with the virus on May 21.
The newly confirmed cases included an Air Force sergeant major, 45, the first patient among military personnel.
The five additional patients are all seen to have contracted the virus within a hospital, by either being admitted or visiting another patient on May 14 - 31.
The recent test results confirm a total number of 41 people in total throughout the nation, with an increased.
Over 1,600 people remain quarantined, while1,164 schools are closed.
jlee@ktimes.co.kr
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