447 Confirmed Cases in Seoul by 6 PM... 50 Fewer Than Previous Day

On the 21st, as the spread of COVID-19 continues, citizens are waiting for testing at the temporary screening clinic in the public parking lot of Sinchon Train Station, Seodaemun-gu, Seoul. Photo by Moon Honam munonam@

[Asia Economy Reporter Moon Hyewon] The Seoul Metropolitan Government announced on Wednesday that the number of new COVID-19 cases in Seoul was tentatively counted at 447 from midnight to 6 p.m., a span of 18 hours.

Compared to the same time frame, this is 50 fewer cases than the previous day (20th) with 497 cases, and 7 fewer than last Wednesday (14th) with 454 cases. The total number of cases for the entire day was 604 on the 20th and 519 on the 14th.

The daily number of confirmed cases in Seoul rose to the 300s at the end of last month, then surged into the 500s starting from the 6th of this month. For the 15 days up to the 20th, the daily counts were 583→550→503→509→509→403→417→638→519→570→562→523→419→394→604.

Over the recent 15 days (6th to 20th), the average daily number of confirmed cases in Seoul was 509, with an average of 66,156 tests conducted daily. The daily positivity rate (number of confirmed cases relative to the previous day's tests) fluctuated between 0.6% and 1.2%, averaging 0.8%. On the 20th, the number of tests conducted in Seoul was 77,996, significantly exceeding the recent 15-day average.

As of 6 p.m. on the day, among the 447 new confirmed cases in Seoul, 3 were imported cases, and the remaining 444 were domestic infections.

New confirmed cases from cluster infections include 7 from a sauna in Gwanak-gu (occurred in July), 4 from a restaurant in Yeongdeungpo-gu, 3 from a workplace in Gangbuk-gu, 3 from a workplace in Gwanak-gu, and 28 from other cluster infections.

Accordingly, the cumulative confirmed cases in Seoul from ongoing major cluster infections are 137 from the Gwanak-gu sauna (July occurrence), 75 from the Yeongdeungpo-gu restaurant, 25 from the Gangbuk-gu workplace, and 16 from the Gwanak-gu workplace.

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