257 COVID-19 Cases Confirmed by 6 PM... Largest Saturday Total This Year

[Asia Economy Reporter Bu Aeri] Seoul city announced that the number of new COVID-19 confirmed cases in Seoul as of 6 PM on Saturday, the 3rd, was tentatively counted at 257.

Compared to the same 18-hour period, this is 75 fewer than the 332 cases reported the previous day and 59 more than the 198 cases reported last Saturday.

Although there are 6 hours left until the daily count closes, the 18-hour count has already surpassed this year's highest Saturday daily record of 242 cases.

The daily number of confirmed cases in Seoul has broken this year's highest record for each day of the week for six consecutive days, from Monday the 28th of last month through this day.

Since the beginning of the COVID-19 outbreak early last year, the highest single-day record was 552 cases on Thursday, December 24th last year, and the highest Saturday record was 473 cases on December 19th last year.

Meanwhile, as of 6 PM on the 3rd, the cumulative number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Seoul was tentatively counted at 51,283. The total number of confirmed cases for the day will be finalized based on midnight on the 4th and announced in the morning.

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