COVID-19 New Cases 457... Back Above 400 Mark

On the 15th, citizens who visited the temporary screening clinic set up at Seoul Station Plaza, where COVID-19 cluster infections are occurring mainly in the metropolitan area, are lining up to get tested. Photo by Jinhyung Kang aymsdream@

[Asia Economy Reporter Lee Chun-hee] The daily number of new COVID-19 cases in South Korea has risen back to the 400s.

The Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency's Central Disease Control Headquarters (CDCH) announced on the 16th at midnight that the total number of confirmed COVID-19 cases increased by 457 from the previous day to 84,325.

The sources of infection for the new cases were 429 local transmissions and 28 imported cases.

About 70% of the local cases occurred in the Seoul metropolitan area. There were 155 cases in Seoul (36.1%), 129 in Gyeonggi (30.1%), and 19 in Incheon (4.4%), totaling 303 cases in the metropolitan area, accounting for 70.6% of all cases. Additionally, 53 cases were part of a cluster infection at a boiler factory in Asan, Chungnam, bringing the total number of cases in Chungnam to 58 (13.5%).

Other regions reported new cases as follows: 17 in Busan, 11 in Daegu, 7 in Ulsan, 7 in Chungbuk, 6 in Gyeongnam, 5 in Jeonbuk, 4 in Daejeon, 4 in Gangwon, 2 in Gwangju, 2 in Jeonnam, 2 in Gyeongbuk, and 1 in Jeju. No new cases were reported in Sejong.

There were 28 imported cases. Among them, 8 were detected during quarantine, and the remaining 20 were confirmed locally. Of these, 11 were Korean nationals and 17 were foreigners.

The number of patients who have recovered and been released from isolation reached 74,551, an increase of 757 from the previous day. Among hospitalized patients, the number of critically ill patients increased by 10 to 166. The death toll rose by 7 to 1,534.

On the previous day, 50,630 diagnostic tests were conducted for suspected cases. Temporary screening clinics set up in the metropolitan area conducted 34,597 tests, confirming 82 new cases.

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