COVID-19, 378 Confirmed Cases by 6 PM... "76 Fewer Than Previous Day"

[Asia Economy Reporter Yoo Hyun-seok] The Seoul Metropolitan Government announced that from midnight to 6 p.m. on Friday the 13th, the number of new confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Seoul was preliminarily counted at 378 over an 18-hour period.

Compared to the same time frame, this is 76 fewer than the 454 cases on the previous day (the 12th) and 43 fewer than the 421 cases on last Friday (the 6th). The total number of confirmed cases for the entire day was 524 on the 12th and 503 on the 6th.

The daily number of confirmed cases in Seoul surged to 637 on the 13th of last month, then hovered around 300 to 400 cases for a while from the end of last month. However, on the 10th of this month, it set a new record high of 660 cases and continued to exceed 500 cases for three consecutive days until the 12th.

As of 6 p.m. on the 13th, among the new confirmed cases in Seoul, 3 were imported from overseas, and the remaining 375 were domestic cases.

Additional confirmed cases from major cluster infections include 2 from a PC bang in Yongsan-gu, 1 from an indoor sports facility in Gangnam-gu (July), 1 from Noryangjin Fish Market in Dongjak-gu, 1 from an indoor sports facility in Seodaemun-gu (August), and 9 from other cluster infections.

There were 226 cases of infection from contact with previously confirmed cases not managed as cluster infections, and 135 cases are under investigation for their infection routes.

As of this time, the cumulative number of confirmed cases in Seoul was preliminarily counted at 70,733. The total number of confirmed cases for the entire day will be finalized as of midnight on the 14th and announced in the morning.

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