Seoul City Reports 101 New COVID-19 Cases by 6 PM, 55 Fewer Than Previous Day

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[Asia Economy Reporter Minji Lee] The Seoul Metropolitan Government announced that from midnight to 6 p.m. on the 19th, 101 new COVID-19 cases were confirmed in Seoul. The cumulative number of confirmed cases as of 6 p.m. stands at 27,208.

Compared to the same time on the previous day, the 18th, which had 156 cases, this is 55 fewer cases, and 19 fewer than the 120 cases reported a week earlier on the 12th. The total daily confirmed cases were 180 on the 18th and 136 on the 12th.

Seoul's daily confirmed cases remained below 200 from the 7th of last month until the 15th of this month. On the 8th, the number dropped to as low as 90, but after the Lunar New Year holiday, it sharply rebounded to 258 on the 16th. It then approached the 200 mark with 185 cases on the 17th and 180 cases on the 18th.

Among the new confirmed cases in Seoul on the 19th, 4 were imported from overseas, and the remaining 97 were domestic infections.

New cases from cluster infections include 7 at Soonchunhyang University Seoul Hospital in Yongsan-gu, 3 at a sauna in Gangbuk-gu, 2 at an academy in Songpa-gu, 1 each from a gathering of acquaintances in Yongsan-gu and a workplace in Guro-gu, and 5 from other cluster infections.

Cases not separately managed as cluster infections include 49 who had contact with other confirmed cases, 8 who had contact with confirmed cases outside Seoul, and 21 whose infection routes are under investigation.

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