As of 6 PM on the 1st, Nationwide COVID-19 Confirmed Cases Total 1,034 (Update)

Newly confirmed COVID-19 cases reached 1,442, maintaining four digits for the 26th consecutive day. Citizens visiting the temporary screening clinic set up at Seoul Station Plaza on the 1st are waiting to get tested. Photo by Jinhyung Kang aymsdream@

[Asia Economy Reporter Lim Hye-seon] On the 1st, confirmed cases were reported across the country.

According to the quarantine authorities and local governments, from midnight to 6 p.m. on that day, a total of 1,034 new COVID-19 positive cases were recorded nationwide. This is 147 fewer than the 1,181 cases recorded at the same time the previous day.

The number of confirmed cases first rose to the 1,000s on the 6th of last month (1,006 cases), briefly dropped to three digits, and has since recorded four-digit numbers for 13 consecutive days from the 20th to the 1st. The daily counts were 1,442 → 1,287 → 1,342 → 1,314 → 1,234 → 1,082 → 1,056 → 1,464 → 1,319 → 1,403 → 1,204 → 1,181 → 1,034.

By region, the metropolitan area accounted for 689 cases (66.6%), and non-metropolitan areas accounted for 345 cases (33.4%).

By city and province, Seoul reported 334 cases, Gyeonggi 304, Busan 72, Gyeongnam 68, Incheon 51, Daejeon 41, Chungnam 33, Gyeongbuk 31, Daegu 22, Chungbuk 21, Gwangju and Gangwon 15 each, Jeju 11, Ulsan 8, and Jeonbuk and Jeonnam 4 each.

The number of new confirmed cases to be announced as of midnight on the 2nd is expected to increase further, reaching the 1,200 range.

Regarding major cluster outbreaks, since the first confirmed case was reported on the 24th of last month at a medical institution in Gangbuk-gu, Seoul, users, acquaintances, and family members have consecutively tested positive, increasing the cumulative number of infections to 12. At a mart in Chungju-si, Chungbuk, 11 people including workers and family members were confirmed positive. In Taean-gun, Chungnam, 8 people including a pastor and church members tested positive related to a church there.

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