Domestic COVID-19 New Cases 1,455... Fourth Largest Scale (Update)

On the afternoon of the 16th, vehicles of citizens visiting the COVID-19 'Safe Car Screening Clinic (Drive-Through Method)' set up at the auxiliary parking lot of Goyang Sports Complex in Goyang-si, Gyeonggi Province, are entering the clinic for testing. Photo by Hyunmin Kim kimhyun81@

[Asia Economy Reporter Dongwoo Lee] The number of new COVID-19 cases in South Korea recorded in the mid-1400s on the 17th.

The Central Disease Control Headquarters announced that as of midnight on that day, 1,455 new cases were confirmed, bringing the total to 176,500. Although this is 81 fewer than the previous day (1,536), the number of confirmed cases is the fourth largest since the COVID-19 outbreak in the country.

The number of new cases has remained in the four digits for 11 consecutive days since the 7th (1,212). After reaching a record high of 1,615 on the 14th (announcement date), the number has slightly decreased for three consecutive days, but the spread remains ongoing.

Among the new cases on that day, 1,404 were locally transmitted and 51 were imported. The fourth wave, which began in earnest this month centered around the Seoul metropolitan area, is gradually spreading to non-metropolitan areas.

The number of new cases over the past week (July 11?17) were 1,324 → 1,100 → 1,150 → 1,615 → 1,599 → 1,536 → 1,455 respectively. During this period, the 1,100s and 1,500s occurred twice each, while the 1,300s, 1,400s, and 1,600s each occurred once.

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