120 New COVID-19 Cases in Seoul by 6 PM... 10 Fewer Than Previous Day

Due to a decrease in testing over the weekend, the number of new COVID-19 cases dropped below 600 in one day. On the 23rd, citizens lined up at the screening clinic set up at Seoul Station Plaza to get tested. The Central Disease Control Headquarters announced that as of midnight, there were 585 new confirmed cases, bringing the total to 135,929. Photo by Hyunmin Kim kimhyun81@

[Asia Economy Reporter Jang Sehee] The Seoul Metropolitan Government announced that 120 new COVID-19 cases were reported from midnight to 6 p.m. on the 24th. This is 10 fewer cases than the same time the previous day.

Additional confirmed cases related to cluster infections include 4 from a religious facility in Songpa-gu (May), 3 from an indoor sports facility in Gangnam-gu, 3 from a market in Songpa-gu, 2 from a religious facility in Gangdong-gu, and 2 from a public facility in Songpa-gu. Other cluster infections accounted for 7 cases, 59 cases were due to contact with individual confirmed patients, and 39 cases are under investigation due to unclear infection routes.

Compared to the same time frame, there were 10 fewer cases than the previous day (23rd) with 130 cases, and 19 fewer than a week ago (17th) with 139 cases.

Since the beginning of this month, Seoul's daily confirmed cases have generally followed a pattern of being in the 200s on weekdays, then dropping to the 100s on weekends or the day after holidays when the number of tests decreases.

Meanwhile, as of 6 p.m., among the new confirmed cases, 1 was an imported case from overseas, and the remaining 119 were domestic infections.

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