"355 Nationwide COVID-19 Cases as of 6 PM on the 2nd"

102 More Than 253 Counted at the Same Time the Previous Day

[Asia Economy Reporter Lim Hye-seon] On the 2nd at 6 PM, COVID-19 cases surged nationwide.

According to the quarantine authorities, Seoul city, and other local governments, a total of 355 new confirmed COVID-19 cases were recorded nationwide from midnight to 6 PM. This is 102 more than the 253 cases recorded at the same time the previous day.

The metropolitan area accounted for 304 cases (85.6%), and non-metropolitan areas accounted for 51 cases (14.4%).

By city and province, there were 190 cases in Gyeonggi, 94 in Seoul, 20 in Incheon, 18 in Chungbuk, 6 in Busan, 5 in Gyeongbuk, 4 each in Daegu and Gangwon, 3 each in Gyeongnam and Jeonbuk, 2 each in Daejeon, Chungnam, and Jeju, and 1 each in Gwangju and Ulsan. The number of new confirmed cases to be announced as of midnight on the 3rd is expected to exceed 400.

The number of new confirmed cases over the past week were 440, 395, 388, 415, 355, 355, and 344 respectively.

In Dongducheon-si, Gyeonggi, a total of 81 people, including 79 foreigners and 2 Koreans, were confirmed positive in a mass infection on this day. In Jincheon-gun, Chungbuk, 13 additional workers at a meat processing company tested positive, increasing the cumulative confirmed cases to 17.

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