Seoul's Cumulative COVID-19 Cases Surpass 40,000... 223 New Confirmed Cases

Over 40,000 Cases Surpass After About 470 Days Since First Confirmed Case Reported in January Last Year
New Confirmed Cases Continue Linked to Karaoke Rooms in Gangbuk-gu and PC Rooms in Gangnam-gu, Seoul

As the spread of COVID-19 continues, the number of new confirmed cases remained in the 600s for the fourth consecutive day on the 2nd. Citizens visiting the temporary screening clinic set up at Seoul Station Plaza are undergoing COVID-19 testing. Photo by Yoon Dong-joo doso7@

[Asia Economy Reporter Lim Cheol-young] As Seoul recorded 223 new COVID-19 cases, the cumulative number of confirmed cases since last year has surpassed 40,000.

On the 12th, the Seoul Metropolitan Government announced that as of midnight, the cumulative number of confirmed cases in Seoul reached 40,118. This marks 474 days since the first confirmed case was reported on January 23 of last year. The number of new cases on the previous day was 223, an increase of 60 from 163 cases on the 10th.

With the cumulative confirmed cases exceeding 40,000, Seoul's incidence rate was analyzed to be approximately 412 cases per 100,000 people. The milestone of 10,000 cumulative cases was reached on December 5 last year, 20,000 on January 3 this year, and 30,000 on March 14. It took 317 days, 29 days, and 70 days respectively. It took 58 days to surpass 40,000 cases.

New cases in Seoul remained around the 100 mark in early this year but began to increase from the end of March due to successive cluster infections. On the 7th of last month, 244 cases were recorded, and as of May, the trend has been around 200 cases.

Of the new cases on the previous day, 220 were domestic infections and 3 were imported. Four additional cases were linked to a PC bang infection related to a karaoke practice room in Gangbuk-gu, and another four were related to a PC bang in Gangnam-gu. New cluster infection cases continue to emerge related to an academy in Gangnam-gu, an elementary school in Gangnam-gu, and a restaurant in Gangdong-gu. There are also 77 cases under investigation with unknown infection routes.

Meanwhile, the scale of COVID-19 vaccinations in Seoul is recorded as 598,266 people having received the first dose and 98,810 the second dose, corresponding to 6.2% and 1.0% of the population, respectively.

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