303 New COVID-19 Cases Nationwide by 9 PM

On the first day of the Lunar New Year holiday, the 11th, Ahn Cheol-soo, leader of the People’s Party, is volunteering for specimen collection at a temporary COVID-19 screening clinic set up at Seoul Station Plaza. The Central Disease Control Headquarters announced that as of midnight that day, there were 504 new domestic COVID-19 cases, bringing the total to 82,434. Photo by Moon Ho-nam munonam@

According to the quarantine authorities, Seoul city, and other local governments on the 13th, 303 new COVID-19 cases were confirmed nationwide from 0:00 to 9:00 PM on that day.

This is 42 fewer than the 345 cases reported during the same time period on the previous day, the 12th. On the 12th, the total number of confirmed cases for the entire day was 362. This appears to largely reflect the impact of a decrease in testing during the Lunar New Year holiday.

Among the confirmed cases, 243 (80.2%) were from the metropolitan area, and 60 (19.8%) were from non-metropolitan areas. The breakdown by region is as follows: Seoul 147, Gyeonggi 80, Incheon 16, Busan 15, Chungnam 11, Gangwon and Gyeongbuk 5 each, Gyeongnam, Jeonbuk, and Chungbuk 4 each, Daegu, Ulsan, and Daejeon 3 each, Gwangju 2, and Jeonnam 1.

The total number of confirmed cases on the 13th will be compiled as of 0:00 on the following day, the 14th, and announced in the morning. The total number of new confirmed cases is expected to be in the low to mid 300s.

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