New Patients 44%, Confirmed in Busan, Daejeon, Gyeongnam, etc. (Update)

On the 12th, citizens wearing masks were taking a walk in Gyeongui Line Forest Park in Mapo-gu, Seoul, as the government indefinitely extended the strengthened quarantine measures in the metropolitan area. At a briefing that day, Park Neung-hoo, Minister of Health and Welfare and First Deputy Head of the Central Disaster and Safety Countermeasure Headquarters, stated, "We have decided to extend the current strengthened quarantine management system for the metropolitan area," adding, "The end date is not set, and the measures will continue to be maintained until the number of cases in the metropolitan area decreases to single digits." Photo by Kim Hyun-min kimhyun81@

[Asia Economy Reporter Cho Hyun-ui] The number of confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus infection (COVID-19) in South Korea increased by 34 on the 16th.

The Central Disease Control Headquarters (CDCH) announced that as of midnight on that day, the total number of confirmed COVID-19 cases rose by 34 from the previous day’s midnight to 12,155.

The daily number of confirmed cases surged to 79 on the 28th of last month, then dropped to the 20s, and since the 1st of this month, it has fluctuated between the 30s and 50s.

More than half of the new cases, 19, occurred in the Seoul metropolitan area: 12 in Seoul, 2 in Incheon, and 5 in Gyeonggi.

While new confirmed cases have recently been concentrated in the Seoul metropolitan area, the virus appears to be spreading to other regions as well. On this day, cases were confirmed in Busan (1), Daejeon (3), Gyeongnam (2), and airport quarantine (9).

There were 21 domestic cases and 13 imported cases.

The number of patients who have been declared recovered and released from isolation reached 10,760, an increase of 30 from the previous day. The death toll rose by one to 278.

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