1654 New COVID-19 Cases Confirmed by 6 PM... 75 More Than Previous Day (Update)

Citizens waiting to get tested at the temporary screening clinic set up at Seoul Station Plaza. Photo by Jin-Hyung Kang aymsdream@

[Asia Economy Reporter Kim Heung-soon] According to the quarantine authorities and local governments including Seoul City, from 0:00 to 18:00 on the 1st, 1,654 new COVID-19 cases were confirmed nationwide. This is 75 more than the 1,579 cases recorded at the same time the previous day.

Looking at the regions where cases were confirmed on this day, the metropolitan area accounted for 1,182 cases (71.5%), and non-metropolitan areas accounted for 472 cases (28.5%). By city and province, Gyeonggi had 611 cases, Seoul 471, Gyeongnam 105, Incheon 100, Daegu 75, Chungbuk 53, Gyeongbuk 52, Chungnam 42, Busan 41, Gangwon 29, Daejeon 20, Gwangju and Ulsan 13 each, Jeonbuk 12, Jeonnam and Jeju 8 each, and Sejong 1.

Since there is still time left until midnight when the tally closes, the number of new confirmed cases announced as of 0:00 on the 2nd is expected to increase further, reaching at least the 2,000 range, and possibly as high as 2,400 to 2,500. On the previous day, 907 cases were added after 18:00, closing at a final count of 2,486.

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