Seoul Reports 423 New COVID-19 Cases Yesterday... Another 'Record High'

On the 17th, citizens are getting tested at the Jung-gu temporary screening clinic set up at Seoul Station Plaza. The Central Disease Control Headquarters announced that as of midnight on the same day, there were 1,014 new confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus infection (COVID-19), bringing the total to 46,453. Photo by Moon Honam munonam@

[Asia Economy Reporter Jo In-kyung] As the spread of the novel coronavirus infection (COVID-19) intensifies in Seoul, the number of new daily confirmed cases has exceeded 400 for the first time.

Seoul City announced on the 17th at midnight that the number of confirmed COVID-19 cases increased by 423 from the previous day, bringing the total cumulative confirmed cases to 13,458.

This is the highest number of daily new confirmed cases ever recorded in Seoul. The number of new confirmed cases in Seoul first rose to the 200s on the 25th of last month and has exceeded 200 every day since the 2nd of this month. The daily confirmed cases, which had surged to 399 on the 12th, seemed to decrease to 219 and 251 on the 13th and 14th respectively, but on the 15th, just one day later, it again exceeded 370, and on the 16th, it surpassed the previous highest record once more.

Among the new confirmed cases on this day, 12 were related to a construction site in Yongsan-gu (cumulative 53), 9 related to a church in Gangseo-gu (cumulative 185), 5 related to Pagoda Town in Jongno (cumulative 213), and 3 related to a nursing hospital in Guro-gu (cumulative 4). Additionally, 2 cases were linked to the Jung-gu Call Center II (cumulative 23), and 2 were related to correctional facilities in Songpa-gu (cumulative 27).

Other cluster infection cases accounted for 10, 218 were contacts of confirmed cases, 29 were contacts of confirmed cases from other cities or provinces, 3 were imported cases, and 128 cases are under investigation for their infection routes.

The number of COVID-19 deaths in Seoul increased by 5 in one day, bringing the total cumulative deaths to 125.

So far, 7,921 people have been declared recovered and discharged, and 5,412 patients are currently undergoing isolation treatment.

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