131 New COVID-19 Cases in Seoul as of 9 PM

On the first day of the Lunar New Year holiday, the 11th, citizens are getting tested at a temporary COVID-19 screening site set up at Seoul Station Plaza. The Central Disease Control Headquarters announced that as of midnight that day, 504 new domestic COVID-19 cases were confirmed, bringing the total to 82,434. Photo by Moon Honam munonam@

[Asia Economy Reporter Lee Seon-ae] From 12:00 AM to 9:00 PM on the 12th, the number of new COVID-19 cases in Seoul was provisionally counted at 131 over 21 hours.

According to Seoul City, this provisional figure for the same time period is lower than the previous day (the 11th) with 160 cases and one week earlier (the 5th) with 137 cases. The officially counted number of new cases for the full 24 hours was 158 on the 11th and 143 on the 5th. The 6:00 PM or 9:00 PM counts by Seoul City are provisional and may change due to factors such as duplicate removal.

From the 1st to the 11th of this month, the daily new COVID-19 cases in Seoul recorded fluctuations with numbers of 128→188→172→126→143→144→112→90→175→183→158, showing considerable volatility.

Recently, the daily number of tests in Seoul showed an increasing trend with 31,639 on the 8th, 33,140 on the 9th, and 35,587 on the 10th, but sharply decreased to 18,224 on the first day of the holiday, the 11th. Accordingly, the total number of confirmed cases on the 12th is likely to be affected by the decrease in testing on the 11th. The average daily number of tests in Seoul over the past fifteen days (January 28 to February 11) was 24,526.

As of 9:00 PM on the 12th, the cumulative number of confirmed cases in Seoul was provisionally counted at 26,016.

The total number of confirmed cases for the day will be finalized based on the 12:00 AM count on the following day, the 13th, and is scheduled to be announced in the morning.

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