540 Students Confirmed Positive Over 5 Days... Daily Cases Down 7.7 Compared to Previous Week

Average Daily Confirmed Cases 108... Maintaining 100s Range
Over 10,000 Cumulative Student Confirmed Cases in 1st Semester

On the 9th, when 1,492 new COVID-19 cases were reported, marking the highest number of cases recorded on a Sunday, citizens visiting the temporary screening clinic set up at the Express Bus Terminal in Seocho-gu, Seoul, are waiting to get tested. Photo by Jinhyung Kang aymsdream@

[Asia Economy Reporter Han Jinju] The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases among kindergarten, elementary, middle, and high school students over the past five days is 540. The daily average number of confirmed cases has decreased by about 7.

According to the Ministry of Education on the 10th, 540 student cases were confirmed nationwide from the 5th to the 9th, with an average of 108 cases per day.

The daily average number of confirmed cases has decreased from the 120s since August but remains in the 100s. This is 7.7 fewer than the previous week’s daily average (July 29 to August 4) of 115.7. The cumulative number of confirmed student cases this semester is 10,307.

The number of confirmed student cases by region is as follows: ▲Gyeonggi 153 ▲Gyeongnam 67 ▲Seoul 50 ▲Daegu 44 ▲Busan 43 ▲Gyeongbuk 33 ▲Incheon 27 ▲Chungnam 22 ▲Jeonnam 17 ▲Chungbuk 16 ▲Daejeon 15 ▲Ulsan 15 ▲Jeonbuk 12 ▲Sejong 10 ▲Gangwon 10.

The number of confirmed cases among faculty and staff over the past five days is 52, with a daily average of 10.4. The cumulative number of confirmed faculty and staff cases this semester is 1,340.

As of 10 a.m. on the day, out of 20,512 schools nationwide, 18,730 schools (91.3%) have started their vacation. Remote classes were conducted at 364 schools (1.8%). Among all students, 2.6% (160,000 students) attended in-person classes.

In the metropolitan area, 7,768 schools, 7,424 schools (95.6%) are on vacation, and 273 schools (3.5%) conducted remote classes. Schools that held in-person classes numbered 71 (0.9%).

The number of confirmed university student cases over five days is 273, with a daily average of 54.6, and confirmed faculty and staff cases are 24, with a daily average of 4.8. The cumulative number of confirmed university student cases is 4,837, and faculty and staff cases are 462.

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