Number of S.Koreans retesting positive for
Covid-19 rises to 163
17 Apr 2020
SEOUL (Xinhua): The number of South Koreans who retested
positive for the COVID-19 after having been released from quarantine with full
recovery rose to 163, the health authorities said Friday (April 17).
The number of those who tested positive again for the virus came
in at 163, taking up 2.1 percent of the combined 7,829 patients who have been
discharged from quarantine, according to the Korea Centers for Disease Control
and Prevention (KCDC).
It took one day to 35 days for those released from quarantine to
retest positive for the virus. It took 13.5 days on average.
No case has been reported yet that those who retested positive
infected others.
An epidemiological and clinical investigation was underway into
those who tested positive again for the Covid-19.
The KCDC has seen a higher possibility for the virus remaining
in certain cells to be reactivated, rather than people being re-infected, as
they retested positive in a relatively short period of time after being
released from quarantine.
In the latest tally, South Korea reported 22 more Covid-19 cases
for the past 24 hours, raising the total number to 10,635. The daily caseload
hovered below 30 for the fifth consecutive day. - Xinhua
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