661 Students Confirmed Positive Over 5 Days... Breaking the Record Again

132.2 Students Confirmed Daily on Average from 15th to 19th
Gyeonggi 199, Seoul 162, Daejeon 72 Confirmed Cases
40% of Schools on Vacation, 24.4% Conducting Remote Classes

On the 19th, when the "COVID-19 vaccination for 3rd-year high school students and high school faculty and staff" began, general vaccination recipients and 3rd-year students and faculty members were receiving vaccinations at Haenuri Town in Yangcheon-gu, Seoul. July 19, 2021. Photo by Joint Press Corps

[Asia Economy Reporter Han Jinju] The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases among kindergarten, elementary, middle, and high school students nationwide reached a new high of 661 over the past five days.

According to the Ministry of Education on the 20th, 661 students tested positive for COVID-19 from the 15th to the 19th, averaging 132.2 cases per day. This is 8.7 more than the daily average of 123.5 cases during the two days from the 13th to the 14th. The cumulative number of confirmed student cases is 7,541.

The number of confirmed student cases by region over the two days is ▲Gyeonggi 199 ▲Seoul 162 ▲Daejeon 72 ▲Gyeongnam 48 ▲Incheon 34 ▲Gangwon 30 ▲Gwangju 21 ▲Chungnam 21.

Although 40% of schools nationwide have started their vacation, 24.4% of schools conducted remote classes. As of 10 a.m. on that day, 8,046 schools had started vacation or similar breaks, and 5,011 schools were conducting remote classes. Only 163 schools (2.1%) held in-person classes.

In the metropolitan area, with the elevation to level 4, full remote classes began on the 14th. Exceptions for in-person classes are allowed for special reasons such as vaccination guidance, final exams, or checking final grades. As of 4 p.m. on the 19th, 23.3% of students attended in-person classes.

During the same period, 243 new university students and 19 university staff members tested positive. From the 13th to the 24th, the daily average of confirmed university student cases was 30, but in the recent five days, the daily average increased by more than 18 to 48.6 cases. The cumulative number of confirmed university student cases is 3,552, and university staff cases total 338.

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