395 New COVID-19 Cases in Seoul by 9 PM... 2 More Than Previous Day

On the 12th, as the number of new COVID-19 cases recorded 1,100, maintaining the 1,000 range for consecutive days, citizens who visited the temporary screening clinic set up in Yeouido Park, Seoul, are waiting to be tested. Photo by Jinhyung Kang aymsdream@

[Asia Economy Reporter Minji Lee] From midnight to 9 p.m. on Monday the 12th, the number of new COVID-19 cases in Seoul was provisionally counted at 395 over a 21-hour period.

Among the new COVID-19 cases in Seoul until 9 p.m., 1 case was imported from overseas, and the remaining 394 were domestic infections. Compared to the same time frame, this is 2 more than the previous day (the 11th) with 393 cases, and 96 more than last Monday (the 5th) with 299 cases. The total number of cases for the entire day was 403 on the 11th and 320 on the 5th.

Based on the provisional count as of 9 p.m., Seoul's positivity rate (the number of confirmed cases on the day compared to the number of tests conducted the previous day) exceeded 1.1% on the 12th.

The daily number of confirmed cases in Seoul had decreased to the 100-200 range after the third wave at the end of last year and early this year, but gradually increased from April, reaching the 300 range from the end of last month. On the 6th of this month, it set a record high for a single day with 583 cases.

Afterwards, from the 7th to the 10th, the numbers were 550 → 503 → 509 → 509, maintaining the 500 range for five consecutive days, then dropped to 403 on the 11th. The case numbers on the 11th and 12th were affected by reduced testing over the weekend, so a rebound is expected on the 13th.

As of this time, the cumulative number of COVID-19 cases in Seoul is provisionally counted at 55,393. The total number of cases for the day will be finalized based on data as of midnight on the 13th and announced in the morning.

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