COVID-19 New Cases Yesterday 91... Increasing Trend of Imported Cases (Update)

Domestic Status as of 0:00 on the 21st by the Central Disease Control Headquarters

On the 19th, a citizen visiting the COVID-19 screening clinic at the National Medical Center in Jung-gu, Seoul, is undergoing a test. Photo by Hyunmin Kim kimhyun81@

[Asia Economy Reporter Choi Dae-yeol] The number of newly confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus infection (COVID-19) confirmed on the 21st was counted at 91.

According to the domestic status data announced by the Central Disease Control Headquarters as of midnight on the same day, 57 patients are estimated to have been infected locally, and 34 patients are imported cases. The daily number of new confirmed cases has remained in double digits for six consecutive days since the 16th. The number of locally infected patients has been occurring in the range of 40 to 60 in recent days, while imported cases have ranged from single digits to around 30.

In the case of domestic local infections, new patients have been steadily emerging during the contact management and investigation process after cluster outbreaks centered around hospitals. By region, Seoul accounted for 17 cases (including 4 imported cases), Incheon 6, and Gyeonggi 24, totaling 47, which is more than half of the total. In Busan, where a cluster infection occurred in a nursing hospital, 10 new cases were confirmed, and 4 new cases were confirmed in Daejeon. Twenty-two cases were identified at the quarantine stage.

On this day, there were relatively many imported cases, including 10 foreigners who entered from France and 8 entrants from Russia who were confirmed positive. France is one of the countries where the epidemic is spreading, with more than 20,000 new confirmed cases daily recently. Russia is also reporting around 15,000 new cases daily. The quarantine authorities are also reviewing additional measures such as strengthening the management and quarantine of entrants due to the recent global increase in the scale of the epidemic.

With 3 deaths the previous day, the total number of deaths in the country rose to 450. The number of critically ill patients decreased by 1 to 70. The total number of confirmed cases in the country is 25,424, and currently, 1,390 patients are isolated and receiving treatment.

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