By 6 PM on Christmas Day, 237 Confirmed Cases in Seoul... 31 More Than the Previous Day

On Christmas Day, the 25th, citizens are waiting for testing at the temporary screening clinic for COVID-19 at Seoul Station Plaza in Jung-gu, Seoul. [Image source=Yonhap News]

[Asia Economy Reporter Hyungsoo Park] The Seoul Metropolitan Government announced that 237 new cases of COVID-19 were confirmed in Seoul over an 18-hour period from midnight to 6 p.m. on Christmas Day, December 25.

This is an increase of 31 cases compared to 206 cases during the same period on the previous day, December 24. It is also higher than the 145 and 122 cases reported on Friday and Saturday, December 18 and 19, respectively.

As the first day of the three-day holiday and a Friday, testing results and data compilation are still ongoing through the evening. Similar to the previous evening and last Friday and Saturday, the number of confirmed cases is expected to rise.

Recently, the speed of increase in COVID-19 cases in Seoul has accelerated, causing delays in entering and compiling case data.

On a nationwide basis, 726 new confirmed cases were reported from midnight to 6 p.m. on the same day. This is 58 more than the 668 cases recorded during the same period the previous day.

By region, Seoul reported 237 cases, Gyeonggi 213, and Incheon 48, in that order. Other regions reported as follows: Chungnam 44, Busan 28, Jeonbuk 27, Gyeongnam 20, Gyeongbuk 18, Gangwon 17, Gwangju 16, Jeju 15, Daegu and Chungbuk 14 each, Ulsan 8, Daejeon 4, Jeonnam 2, and Sejong 1. All 17 metropolitan cities and provinces reported confirmed cases.

Considering the recent trend of increasing cases after 6 p.m., the total number is likely to reach around 1,000.

During the past week (December 19?25), the daily new confirmed cases were 1,047 → 1,097 → 926 → 867 → 1,090 → 985 → 1,241, averaging about 1,036 cases per day. The average daily number of locally transmitted cases was 1,006.

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