COVID-19: 627 New Cases Yesterday... Third Consecutive Day with Over 600 Cases

On the 30th, citizens are waiting to be tested at the temporary COVID-19 screening clinic set up at Seoul Station Plaza in Jung-gu. The government extended the current social distancing levels?Level 2 in the metropolitan area and Level 1.5 in non-metropolitan areas?for three more weeks until the 23rd of next month. Photo by Mo Honam munonam@

[Asia Economy Reporter Onyu Lim] As the spread of COVID-19 continues in various places, the number of new confirmed cases on the 1st was in the low 600s.

The Central Disease Control Headquarters (CDCH) announced that as of midnight on this day, there were 627 new confirmed COVID-19 cases, bringing the total to 122,634.

This is 34 fewer than the previous day (661), but it marked the third consecutive day with cases in the 600s.

Looking at the infection routes of the new confirmed cases on this day, 593 were locally transmitted and 34 were imported from overseas.

The number of confirmed cases presumed to have been infected within the community decreased compared to the previous day (642), but still approached 600.

Recent patient occurrence patterns show that with cluster infections erupting nationwide, the '4th wave' is gradually becoming a reality.

The number of new confirmed cases over the past week from the 25th of last month to this day were 644 → 499 → 512 → 769 → 679 → 661 → 627 per day. During this period, there was one day each in the 400s and 500s, four days in the 600s, and one day in the 700s.

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