COVID-19 New Cases 136 Yesterday... Six Consecutive Days Over 100 (Update)

Central Disease Control Headquarters, Domestic Cases as of 0:00 AM on the 8th
Increase in Diagnostic Tests Leads to Slight Rise in New Confirmed Cases...Total Domestic Cases Reach 21,432

On the 7th, citizens are undergoing testing at the Yeongdeungpo-gu Public Health Center screening clinic in Seoul, where another confirmed case of COVID-19 has occurred among National Assembly reporters. This is the third confirmed case since a reporter from a media outlet tested positive at the end of last month. Photo by Hyunmin Kim kimhyun81@

[Asia Economy Reporter Choi Dae-yeol] On the 8th, the newly confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus infection (COVID-19) were counted at 136. Among them, 120 were domestic community infections, and 16 were patients presumed to be imported from overseas. The daily new cases in the 100s have continued for six days since the 3rd, slightly increasing from the previous day (119 cases).

According to the Central Disease Control Headquarters, among the new cases on this day, 100 patients were from the Seoul metropolitan area, still accounting for the majority. Gwangju reported 13 cases, Daejeon 4, and Ulsan 3 confirmed cases. Jeonbuk and Gyeongbuk each had 3 cases, and Daegu had 2 cases, all of which were imported cases. Looking only at domestic community infections, there were no cases in Jeonbuk, Gyeongbuk, Daegu, as well as Gangwon, Chungnam, Jeonnam, Gyeongnam, and Jeju. The total number of domestic cases increased to 21,432.

The slight increase in new confirmed cases compared to the previous day is due to an increase in diagnostic testing. The number of diagnostic tests for suspected patients on the previous day was 14,781, nearly three times higher than the day before (5,362 tests). Over the weekend, typhoon disruptions affected the operation of screening clinics, and private diagnostic testing institutions usually close on weekends, resulting in fewer tests conducted. Considering the time required for specimen collection, diagnostic testing, and result aggregation, there is about a one-day lag reflected in the statistics.

Five people died the previous day, raising the cumulative number of COVID-19 related deaths in Korea to 341. Most of the recent deaths were patients infected during last month's outbreak, who passed away while receiving inpatient treatment in critical or severe condition. The number of critical and severe patients was 151, down by 11 from the previous day. On that day alone, 339 patients were released from isolation, reducing the number of isolated patients to 4,455, a decrease of more than 200 from the previous day.

Among the imported cases, 4 were from India and 3 from Indonesia, all Korean nationals. Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, and Qatar each had 1 case, all foreigners. There were also 4 cases from Turkey (foreigners) and 1 from Senegal (Korean national). Four patients were confirmed at the quarantine stage, and the remaining 12 were found in the local community.

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