360 People by 6 PM, 2 More Than Yesterday... Around 400 Expected Tomorrow

On the 31st, with 430 new COVID-19 cases recorded, maintaining the 400s for the second consecutive day, citizens are getting tested at the temporary screening clinic in Seoul Station Plaza. As of midnight that day, the new cases include 411 domestic infections and 19 imported cases, bringing the total cumulative number of confirmed cases to 140,340 (including 9,053 imported cases). Photo by Hyunmin Kim kimhyun81@

[Asia Economy Reporter Ryu Taemin] As the spread of COVID-19 continues domestically, new confirmed cases were reported nationwide on the 31st as well.

According to the quarantine authorities, Seoul city, and other local governments, from midnight to 6 p.m. on that day, a total of 360 new confirmed COVID-19 cases were recorded nationwide. This is 2 more than the 358 cases recorded at the same time the previous day.

Looking at the regions where confirmed cases were reported, 243 cases (67.5%) were in the metropolitan area, and 117 cases (32.5%) were in non-metropolitan areas. By city/province, Seoul reported 130 cases, Gyeonggi 100, Busan 27, Daegu 26, Incheon 13, Daejeon 10, Gyeongbuk and Jeju 9 each, Chungbuk 8, Gangwon 7, Chungnam 6, Gwangju, Jeonbuk, and Jeonnam 4 each, and Gyeongnam 3. Among the 17 cities and provinces nationwide, Ulsan and Sejong have not yet reported any confirmed cases.

Since there is still time until midnight when the tally closes, the number of new confirmed cases announced as of 0:00 on June 1 is expected to increase further, reaching the low to mid-400s. The previous day saw an increase of 72 cases after 6 p.m., closing at a final count of 430.

The number of new confirmed cases reported daily over the past week from the 25th to this day were 516 → 706 → 629 → 587 → 533 → 480 → 430. During this period, there were three days with cases in the 500s, two days in the 400s, and one day each in the 600s and 700s.

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