COVID-19 326 New Cases Yesterday... Maintaining 300s for Two Consecutive Days

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[Asia Economy Reporter Lim Chun-han] Amid ongoing concerns about the resurgence of COVID-19, the number of new confirmed cases on the last day of the Lunar New Year holiday, the 14th, was recorded in the low 300s.

The Central Disease Control Headquarters announced that as of midnight on that day, there were 326 new domestic COVID-19 cases, bringing the total to 83,525. This is 36 fewer than the previous day (362), continuing the 300-level cases for two consecutive days.

However, the recent slowdown in the increase of confirmed cases appears partly due to a temporary decrease in testing during the Lunar New Year holiday (February 11?14), making it difficult to say that the spread has been completely curbed. Of the new confirmed cases that day, 304 were locally transmitted and 22 were imported.

The domestic 'third wave' of infections, which began in mid-November last year, has continued for three months without being fully controlled. Although the number of new confirmed cases, which once reached the 1,000s, significantly decreased at the start of the new year, the number has risen again due to successive cluster infections, recently showing signs of a resurgence.

In the past week (February 8?14), the daily new confirmed cases were 288 → 303 → 444 → 504 → 403 → 362 → 326. During this period, there was one day in the 200s, three days in the 300s, two days in the 400s, and one day in the 500s.

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