COVID-19 New Cases Remain in 500s for Two Consecutive Days... 2 Additional Deaths After Vaccination Reported

Citizens are waiting to be tested at the temporary COVID-19 screening site set up at Seoul Station Plaza. Photo by Mun Ho-nam munonam@

[Asia Economy Reporter Lee Chun-hee] The cumulative number of COVID-19 cases in South Korea has recorded over 500 for two consecutive days. Two additional deaths following COVID-19 vaccination were reported, bringing the total to 28.

The Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency (KDCA) Central Disease Control Headquarters announced on the 1st that as of midnight, the number of confirmed COVID-19 cases increased by 551 from the previous day to a total of 103,639.

The infection routes of the new confirmed cases were 537 from local transmission and 14 from overseas inflow.

About 60% of the locally transmitted cases occurred in the Seoul metropolitan area. There were 197 cases (36.7%) in Seoul, 125 cases (23.3%) in Gyeonggi, and 20 cases (3.7%) in Incheon, totaling 342 cases in the metropolitan area, accounting for 63.7% of all confirmed cases.

Other regions reported new confirmed cases as follows: ▲Busan 53 ▲Jeonbuk 22 ▲Gyeongnam 21 ▲Gangwon 20 ▲Chungbuk 19 ▲Chungnam 15 ▲Sejong 13 ▲Daejeon 10 ▲Daegu 7 ▲Gyeongbuk 6 ▲Ulsan 5 ▲Jeju 2 ▲Gwangju 1 ▲Jeonnam 1.

There were 14 confirmed cases from overseas inflow. Among them, 2 were detected during quarantine, and 12 were confirmed locally. Ten were Korean nationals and four were foreigners.

The number of patients who recovered and were released from isolation was 95,439, an increase of 409 from the previous day. Among the hospitalized confirmed cases, the number of critically ill patients was 107, one less than the previous day. The death toll rose by 4 to 1,735.

The total number of tests conducted the previous day was 71,499. At temporary screening clinics set up in the metropolitan area, 31,996 tests were conducted, confirming 81 new cases.

Health and Welfare Minister Kwon Deok-cheol received the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine at Jongno-gu Public Health Center in Seoul on the 26th of last month. Photo by Kang Jin-hyung aymsdream@

Meanwhile, as of midnight, 22,643 people received new COVID-19 vaccinations, bringing the total number of first-dose vaccinations to 876,573. Among them, 815,769 received the AstraZeneca vaccine, and 60,804 received the Pfizer vaccine. The number of people who completed the second dose of the Pfizer vaccine, which has started its second dose administration, increased by 4,786 from the previous day to 12,973.

The number of suspected adverse reaction reports increased by 123 to a total of 10,698 cases. This includes 2 death cases. All of these received the AstraZeneca vaccine.

There were 2 severe suspected cases such as seizures, both of whom were admitted to intensive care units. The remaining 119 cases involved common post-vaccination adverse reactions such as headache, fever, nausea, and vomiting.

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