316 New COVID-19 Cases Nationwide by 6 PM... "Risk of Community Transmission Remains"

221 Fewer Cases Than Yesterday as of 6 PM
207 Cases in the Capital Area... At Least 20 Confirmed in Northern Gyeonggi

[Asia Economy Reporter Minji Lee] The number of new confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus infection (COVID-19) showed a smaller increase in the interim tally at 6 p.m. compared to before.

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From midnight to 6 p.m. on the 10th, a total of 316 new confirmed cases tested positive for COVID-19 in Seoul and various local governments over 18 hours. This is 221 fewer than the 537 cases recorded at the same time the previous day. The number of new confirmed cases in the 300s as of 6 p.m. is at the level of late November last year, before the third wave of the outbreak intensified.

Looking at the regional distribution of confirmed cases, 207 cases (65.5%) were in the metropolitan area, and 109 cases (34.5%) were in non-metropolitan areas. By city and province, there were 124 in Seoul, 62 in Gyeonggi, 21 in Incheon, 19 in Busan, 17 in Gwangju, 16 in Ulsan, 12 in Gyeongnam, 10 in Daegu, 9 in Chungbuk, 8 in Gangwon, 5 in Chungnam, 4 each in Gyeongbuk and Jeonbuk, 3 in Jeonnam, and 1 each in Daejeon and Jeju. Among the 17 cities and provinces, no new confirmed cases have yet been reported in Sejong.

Since there is still time until midnight, the number of new confirmed cases recorded as of 0 a.m. on the 11th is expected to increase further, but the trend suggests it will remain around the 500s, which is lower than before. The total number of confirmed cases the previous day was 665.

However, at least 20 people were confirmed in northern Gyeonggi on this day, indicating that small and large infections have continued in various parts of the local community. In northern Gyeonggi, one patient and one staff member at Gangbuk Seongsim Nursing Hospital in Deogyang-gu, Goyang-si, tested positive additionally, and by the afternoon, additional confirmed cases were reported in Goyang-si (11), Uijeongbu-si (7), Yangju-si (1), and Paju-si (1).

In Incheon, about 20 people, including 15 who had contact with confirmed cases, tested positive, and in Ulsan, a total of 16 people were confirmed positive, including 12 related to church and missionary group cluster and serial infections.

This content was produced with the assistance of AI translation services.