COVID-19 New Cases 456... Five Consecutive Days in the Mid-400s (Update)

[Asia Economy Reporter Seulgina Jo] The number of new COVID-19 cases has remained in the mid-400s for five consecutive days.

The Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency's Central Disease Control Headquarters announced on the 21st at midnight that 456 new COVID-19 cases were confirmed, bringing the total to 98,665. This is an increase of 4 cases compared to the previous day (452 cases). The number of new COVID-19 cases has stayed in the 400s for five consecutive days since the 17th (469 cases).

Regarding the infection routes of the new cases, 437 were locally transmitted, and 19 were imported from overseas.

The number of suspected cases tested was 23,764, and the number of tests conducted at temporary screening clinics in the metropolitan area was 22,658 (with 57 confirmed cases), making the total number of tests 46,422, with 456 new confirmed cases.

The number of newly released from isolation was 379, bringing the total to 90,328 (91.55%) released from isolation, with 6,641 currently in isolation. There are 104 critically ill patients, and 3 deaths were reported, bringing the total death toll to 1,696 (fatality rate 1.72%).

The number of COVID-19 cases surged to the 600s immediately after the Lunar New Year holiday, then dropped to the 300s to 400s, but has recently shown an increasing trend again.

Meanwhile, the COVID-19 Vaccination Response Promotion Team announced that 939 people received additional vaccinations the previous day, completing the first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine for 676,587 people. The vaccination rate is 84.6%. Among the vaccinated, 619,100 received the AstraZeneca vaccine, and 57,487 received the Pfizer vaccine.

As of midnight on the same day, a total of 9,782 cases (25 new cases) were reported as suspected adverse reactions after COVID-19 vaccination, with most cases (25 new cases, totaling 9,666) involving common symptoms such as muscle pain, headache, fever, chills, and nausea.

There were 89 suspected anaphylaxis cases, 11 suspected severe cases including seizures, and 16 reported deaths under investigation.

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