(1st Report) Sharp Increase in Confirmed Cases After Holiday, 2,924 by 9 PM... Seoul Records Over 1,000 Cases for the First Time

After the Chuseok holiday ended, the temporary screening clinic in front of Seoul City Hall was crowded with citizens on the 24th as COVID-19 cases surged. The Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency Central Disaster and Safety Countermeasures Headquarters announced that 2,434 new COVID-19 cases were confirmed as of midnight that day. Photo by Moon Honam munonam@

[Asia Economy Reporter Lee Seung-jin] Following the Chuseok holiday, the number of COVID-19 confirmed cases is surging, and it is expected to record the first 3,000-level daily cases. Seoul has surpassed 1,000 cases for the first time since the first domestic COVID-19 case occurred.

According to Seoul City, from midnight to 9 PM on the day, the number of new COVID-19 cases in Seoul was provisionally counted at 1,223 over 21 hours.

Compared to the same time frame, this is 330 more than the previous record of 893 cases on the 23rd and 531 more than 692 cases one week ago on the 17th. The total daily confirmed cases were 907 on the 23rd, which was the highest ever recorded in a single day, and 703 on the 17th.

This result appears to be due to the record-high number of COVID-19 tests conducted in Seoul on the 23rd, totaling 110,589 tests.

The cumulative number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Seoul is provisionally counted at 95,951. The final total for the entire day will be compiled based on data as of midnight on the 25th and announced in the morning.

With confirmed cases surging mainly in Seoul and the metropolitan area, the daily new confirmed cases are expected to exceed 3,000 for the first time tomorrow. As of 9 PM on the day, the nationwide new confirmed cases stood at 2,924. Since there is still time until midnight, the cutoff for data aggregation, the number of new confirmed cases is expected to surpass 3,000.

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