Seoul City Reports 152 New COVID-19 Cases... Soonchunhyang University Hospital Total Reaches 55 (Comprehensive)

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[Asia Economy Reporter Lim Chun-han] On the 14th, the Seoul Metropolitan Government announced that the number of new COVID-19 confirmed cases reported in Seoul the previous day was 152. Among them, 5 cases were imported from overseas, and the remaining 147 were domestic infections.

Among major cluster infections, 49 new confirmed cases were reported at Soonchunhyang University Seoul Hospital located in Yongsan-gu. Including cases confirmed on the 12th, the cumulative number of confirmed cases related to this hospital reached 55. Additionally, there were 9 new cases at a sports facility in Guro-gu, 4 at a gathering of acquaintances in Yongsan-gu, 3 at Hanyang University Hospital in Seongdong-gu, 3 at a workplace in Gangnam-gu, and 1 each at a sauna in Gangbuk-gu and a hospital in Dongjak-gu. Two more cases were added from other cluster infections.

Among cases not separately classified as cluster infections, there were 53 new cases from 'contact with other confirmed cases,' 7 from 'contact with confirmed cases outside Seoul,' and 17 cases with 'infection routes under investigation.'

The positivity rate on the 13th (number of confirmed cases divided by the number of tests conducted the previous day) was 0.9%, which was higher than usual recently and the highest in the past 12 days following 1.1% on the 1st of this month. The number of tests conducted on the 12th and 13th were 16,292 and 25,384, respectively. Over the past 15 days (January 30 to February 13), the daily average number of tests in Seoul was 23,720, the daily average number of confirmed cases was 143.9 (including 34.2 cases confirmed at temporary screening clinics), and the average positivity rate was 0.6%.

As of midnight on the 14th, the cumulative number of COVID-19 confirmed cases in Seoul was 26,173. Among them, 21,815 people have been declared recovered and released from isolation, and 4,003 are currently isolated and receiving treatment.

The cumulative number of COVID-19 deaths in Seoul reached 355, an increase of 3 within 24 hours. The newly identified deaths include a Seongdong-gu resident confirmed on December 22 last year who died on the 12th of this month, a Dongjak-gu resident confirmed on December 31 last year who died on the 12th, and a non-Seoul resident confirmed on January 2 who died on the 13th.

The daily number of new confirmed cases in Seoul was relatively stable in the range of 100 to 150 until mid to late last month, but since the beginning of this month, the numbers have fluctuated as follows: 128→188→172→126→143→144→112→90→175→183→158→136→152 from the 1st to the 13th, showing a slight rebound recently.

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