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In Korea, the first person to die from Corona 19 came out. A man in his 60s who was admitted to a hospital in Qingdao, Gyeongbuk, died early yesterday (19th) and was found positive. In addition, 54 more patients were confirmed today, with a total of 105 patients.

This is reporter Tae-Woo Lim.

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The country's first death to Corona 19 is a 63 year old male.

Yesterday morning, she died of pneumonia at Kyungnam Cheongdo Daenam Hospital.

Health officials did a late diagnosis today to confirm that they were infected with Corona 19.

The dead man is said to have no ointment and has been suffering from schizophrenia since childhood.

Qingdao Daenam Hospital has been admitted to the mental ward for more than 20 years.

The man was recently treated for high fever, the health authorities explained.

Health officials say they are investigating the exact cause of death, whether the patient died of corona, chronic disease, or "corona19".

The Central Defense Response Headquarters has been conducting a thorough investigation of inpatients and employees since yesterday's two inpatients at the hospital were confirmed as corona19.

The dead man was later confirmed to have a corona 19 infection during this investigation.

The death occurred only 20 months after the first confirmed person was released in Korea on the 20th of last month.

Korea has become the eighth country in the world where corona 19 deaths occurred.

(Video coverage: Oh Young-chun, Video editing: Park Ji-in)