As of 6 PM, 408 COVID-19 Cases in Seoul... 55 Fewer Than Previous Day

Citizens are getting tested at the Jung-gu temporary screening clinic set up at Seoul Station Plaza on the 20th, where the government decided to extend the current social distancing measures for two more weeks due to the unrelenting spread of COVID-19. Photo by Moon Honam munonam@

[Asia Economy Reporter Song Seung-yoon] The Seoul Metropolitan Government announced that as of 6 PM on the 20th, over an 18-hour period starting from midnight, the number of new COVID-19 cases in Seoul was preliminarily counted at 408.

Compared to the same time frame, this is 55 fewer cases than the previous day (19th) with 463 cases, and 30 more cases than last Friday (13th) with 378 cases. The total number of cases for the entire day was 556 on the 19th and 515 on the 13th.

Among the new confirmed cases, 5 were imported from overseas, and the remaining 403 were domestic infections.

Additional confirmed cases related to cluster infections include 5 linked to a market in Dongjak-gu, 3 at workplaces in Seocho and Gangnam-gu, 2 at indoor sports facilities in the metropolitan area, and 2 at indoor sports facilities in Dongjak-gu. There were 212 cases from contact with individual confirmed patients, and 165 cases with unknown infection routes.

As of 6 PM on the 20th, the cumulative number of confirmed cases in Seoul was preliminarily counted at 74,133. The total number of cases for the day will be finalized and announced in the morning based on the count as of midnight on the 21st.

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