COVID-19: 1,823 New Cases Yesterday... Third Largest Surge (Update)

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[Asia Economy Reporter Kim Hyemin] As the spread of COVID-19 continues to grow in South Korea, the number of new confirmed cases has surged to the 1,800 range for the first time in ten days.

The Central Disease Control Headquarters announced that as of midnight on the 7th, there were 1,823 new COVID-19 cases, bringing the total to 209,228.

This is an increase of 119 cases from the previous day’s 1,704, marking the first time in ten days that the number has risen back into the 1,800 range since the highest record of 1,895 cases on the 28th of last month. This is the third largest figure following the 28th and the 22nd of the same month (1,841 cases).

Regarding the infection routes of the new cases on this day, 1,762 were locally transmitted, and 61 were imported from overseas.

Recent trends show that the fourth major wave, which began centered in the Seoul metropolitan area, is spreading to various non-metropolitan regions, becoming nationwide. The daily number of confirmed cases has remained in the four-digit range for 32 consecutive days, starting from 1,212 cases on the 7th of last month.

From the 1st of this month to this day, the daily new confirmed cases over the past week were 1,442 → 1,218 → 1,200 → 1,725 → 1,704 → 1,823.

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