Seoul Reports 210 COVID-19 Cases by 6 PM... 71 More Than Same Time Previous Day

[Asia Economy Reporter Dongwoo Lee] The Seoul Metropolitan Government announced that the number of new COVID-19 confirmed cases in Seoul from midnight to 6 p.m. on the 18th was counted at 210 over 18 hours.

Compared to the same time frame, this is 71 more than the previous day (the 17th) with 139 cases, and 27 more than the same day last week (the 11th) with 183 cases. The total number of confirmed cases for the entire day was 172 on the 17th and 223 on the 11th.

Since the beginning of this month, the daily number of confirmed cases in Seoul has generally remained in the 200s on weekdays, while dropping to the 100s on weekends, early weekdays, or the day after holidays.

Over the recent 15 days (from the 3rd to the 17th), the daily average number of confirmed cases in Seoul was 206, and the average daily number of tests conducted was 33,304. On the weekend days of the 15th and 16th, the number of tests was 24,702 and 17,068 respectively, which was lower than usual, but on Monday the 17th, it increased to 35,823.

As of 6 p.m. on the day, among the new confirmed cases in Seoul, 3 were imported cases, and the remaining 207 were domestic infections.

New cases arising from cluster infections include 3 related to a religious facility in Seongbuk-gu (occurred in May), 3 from a restaurant in Dongjak-gu, 3 from a religious facility in Songpa-gu (occurred in May), 2 from a goshiwon in Nowon-gu, and 21 related to other cluster infections.

Among cases not separately managed as cluster infections, 105 were confirmed contacts of existing confirmed cases, and 70 cases with unclear infection routes are under investigation.

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