247 Students Confirmed Positive on 13th-14th... Highest Number This Semester Again

Average Daily Confirmed Cases 123.5, Highest This Semester
91.9% of Metropolitan Area Schools Switch to Remote Classes

As social distancing level 4 is applied, schools in Seoul have switched to remote classes. On the morning of the 14th, a teacher is conducting an online class in a 5th-grade classroom at Muhak Elementary School in Seongdong-gu, Seoul. 2021.07.14.

[Asia Economy Reporter Han Jinju] A total of 247 students were diagnosed with COVID-19 over two days, on the 13th and 14th. The daily average number of confirmed cases reached the highest level this semester.

On the 15th, the Ministry of Education announced that 141 students on the 13th and 106 students on the 14th tested positive for COVID-19. The daily average number of confirmed cases was 123.5, which is more than 20 cases higher per day compared to the most recent average from the 8th to the 12th (102.8 cases).

The number of student confirmed cases by region over the two days were ▲Gyeonggi 78 ▲Seoul 76 ▲Incheon 18 ▲Daegu 17 ▲Busan 15 ▲Gyeongnam 14 ▲Gyeongbuk 11.

The Ministry of Education explained that since the first semester, the proportion of students among the total confirmed cases each month has remained around 8%. The monthly student confirmed case ratios were ▲March 7.92% ▲April 8.43% ▲May 8.16% ▲June 7.95% ▲July currently 8.39%.

Meanwhile, in the metropolitan area, full remote classes began on the 14th, with 91.9% of kindergartens and elementary, middle, and high schools conducting remote classes. Among them, 255 schools (3.5%) started their vacation.

The number of schools that could not conduct in-person classes was 7,183 out of 20,512 nationwide, accounting for 35%. The highest number of schools where in-person classes were canceled was in Gyeonggi with 4,566 schools, followed by ▲Seoul 1,805 schools ▲Incheon 771 schools.

The number of kindergarten, elementary, middle, and high school students attending in-person classes as of 4 p.m. on the 14th was 2,820,731, which is 47.5% of the total.

The total number of confirmed cases among faculty and staff over the two days was 33. Compared to the past five days’ total of 63 cases, the daily average number of confirmed cases increased by one. The cumulative number of confirmed faculty and staff cases is 976. Over the two days, there were 60 new confirmed university students and 8 university faculty and staff. The cumulative number of confirmed university students is 3,245, and confirmed university faculty and staff is 312.

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