COVID-19: 565 New Cases Yesterday... Two Consecutive Days with Over 500 Cases Recorded

[Asia Economy Reporter Ji-hwan Park] On the 12th, the number of new COVID-19 cases in South Korea remained in the 500s for the second consecutive day.

The Central Disease Control Headquarters (CDCH) announced that as of midnight on that day, 565 new cases were confirmed. The cumulative number of confirmed cases reached 147,422. This is an increase of 9 cases from the previous day's 556, maintaining the daily count in the 500s for two consecutive days. The death toll increased by one from the previous day, totaling 1,982.

Among the new confirmed cases, 525 were locally transmitted and 40 were imported.

Regarding the COVID-19 outbreak situation, sporadic cluster infections have been occurring nationwide, with daily new cases ranging between 400 and 700 over the past six weeks.

Based on the announcement date, the daily new confirmed cases over the past week from the 6th to the 12th were 556 → 485 → 454 → 602 → 611 → 556 → 565. During this period, the number of cases in the 500s occurred three times, while cases in the 400s and 600s each occurred twice.

The government has extended the current 'social distancing' measures (Level 2 in the metropolitan area, Level 1.5 in non-metropolitan areas), the ban on private gatherings of five or more people, and the operating hour restrictions for multi-use facilities such as restaurants and cafes in the metropolitan area (currently until 10 PM) for an additional three weeks until July 4.

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