Seoul City Reports 695 COVID-19 Cases by 9 PM... 180 More Than Previous Day

On the 5th, citizens are waiting for testing at the temporary COVID-19 screening site set up at Seoul Station Plaza. Photo by Mun Ho-nam munonam@

[Asia Economy Reporter Eunmo Koo] Seoul city announced that the number of new COVID-19 cases in Seoul was tentatively counted at 695 from midnight to 9 PM on the 5th, a 21-hour period.

This is 180 more than 515 cases during the same time frame on the previous day (the 4th), and 306 fewer than 1,001 cases a week ago (September 28). The total daily confirmed cases were 521 on the 4th and 1,054 on September 28.

The daily confirmed cases in Seoul reached a record high of 1,222 on the 24th of last month. Although the numbers had been declining since the 28th, the tentative count on the 5th significantly exceeded the final count of the previous day, indicating a rebound.

As of 9 PM on the day, the cumulative number of confirmed cases in Seoul was tentatively counted at 104,755. The total number of confirmed cases for the day will be finalized and announced in the morning of the next day, the 6th, based on the 0:00 count.

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