45 New Confirmed Cases... All Except 2 in Quarantine Are in the Seoul Metropolitan Area (Update)

Citizens who visited the screening clinic set up at Songpa-gu Public Health Center in Seoul on the 10th are waiting to be tested as health authorities continue testing contacts, including students, after an employee at Gangnam Daesung Academy was confirmed positive for COVID-19. Photo by Kang Jin-hyung aymsdream@

[Asia Economy Reporter Cho Hyun-ui] The number of confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus infection (COVID-19) in South Korea increased by 45 on the 11th.

The Central Disease Control Headquarters (CDCH) announced that as of midnight on that day, the total number of confirmed COVID-19 cases was 11,947, an increase of 45 from midnight the previous day.

The daily number of confirmed cases surged to 79 on the 28th of last month, then dropped to the 20s, and from the 1st to the 5th of this month, it remained in the 30s to 40s for five consecutive days. On the 6th and 7th, it rose to the 50s, then decreased to the 30s for two consecutive days starting on the 8th, increased again to the 50s the day before, and recorded the 40s on this day.

Among the new patients, excluding 2 cases detected through airport quarantine, confirmed cases occurred in the Seoul metropolitan area: 21 in Seoul, 6 in Incheon, and 16 in Gyeonggi. Domestic cases numbered 40, and imported cases were 5.

The number of patients who have been declared recovered and released from isolation was 10,654, an increase of 43 from the previous day. The death toll remained at 276, unchanged from the previous day.

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