Seoul City Reports 117 New COVID-19 Cases as of 6 PM on the 23rd

[Asia Economy Reporter Jang Hyowon] The Seoul Metropolitan Government announced that from midnight to 6 p.m. on the 23rd, 117 new COVID-19 cases were confirmed in Seoul. Among the new cases, 5 were imported from overseas, and the remaining 112 were domestic infections.

Compared to the same time frame, this is 10 more cases than the 107 reported on the 22nd and 101 fewer than the 218 reported a week earlier on the 16th. The total daily confirmed cases were 126 on the 22nd and 258 on the 16th.

The daily new confirmed cases in Seoul dropped to 90 on the 8th, surged to 258 on the 16th, and have since fluctuated over six days with 185 → 180 → 123 → 130 → 106 → 126 cases.

Among the cluster infection cases, 4 were related to Soonchunhyang University Hospital in Yongsan-gu, 3 to a medical institution in Yeongdeungpo-gu, 2 to a gathering of acquaintances in Yongsan-gu, and 1 to a church in Dobong-gu.

Other cluster infections accounted for 7 cases, 48 cases were contacts of other confirmed patients, 5 cases were contacts of confirmed patients from other cities or provinces, and 42 cases are under investigation for their infection routes.

The cumulative number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Seoul as of 6 p.m. on the day is 27,709.

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