'With Corona' Day Two... 1,863 Confirmed Cases Nationwide by 6 PM

On the first day of the phased daily recovery (With Corona) transition, citizens visited the temporary COVID-19 screening clinic set up at Seoul Plaza on the 1st. The Central Disease Control Headquarters of the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency announced that as of midnight, the number of confirmed cases increased by 1,686 compared to the previous day, bringing the total confirmed cases to 366,386. Photo by Moon Honam munonam@

[Asia Economy Reporter Moon Hyewon] On the second day of 'With Corona,' COVID-19 confirmed cases continued to occur across the country on the 2nd.

According to the quarantine authorities, Seoul city, and other local governments, from midnight to 6 p.m. on this day, a total of 1,863 new confirmed COVID-19 cases were recorded nationwide.

This is the total number of confirmed cases from 16 out of 17 metropolitan cities and provinces, excluding Busan. Busan was excluded from the count as it decided not to release real-time figures starting the previous day.

At the same time the previous day, a total of 1,159 new cases were confirmed. One week ago, on the 26th of last month, 1,631 cases were confirmed at the same time, including 40 cases from Busan.

Looking at the regions where confirmed cases occurred on this day, 1,444 cases were from the Seoul metropolitan area, and 419 cases were from non-metropolitan areas.

By city and province, Seoul reported 777 cases, Gyeonggi 521 cases, Incheon 146 cases, Gyeongnam 99 cases, Chungnam 87 cases, Daegu 63 cases, Chungbuk 36 cases, Gyeongbuk 30 cases, Gangwon 27 cases, Jeonbuk 18 cases, Jeonnam 17 cases, Jeju 16 cases, Daejeon 13 cases, Gwangju 11 cases, and Ulsan 2 cases.

Among the 16 cities and provinces, no confirmed cases were reported in Sejong.

Since there is still time left until midnight when the count closes, the number of new confirmed cases announced at 0:00 on the 3rd is expected to increase beyond this figure.

The previous day, after 6 p.m., 430 additional cases were reported, closing at a final count of 1,589 cases.

The fourth domestic wave, which began in early July, has been ongoing for nearly four months.

Looking at the new confirmed cases reported over the past week from the 27th to this day, the daily figures were 1,952 → 2,111 → 2,124 → 2,104 → 2,061 → 1,686 → 1,589, averaging about 1,946 cases per day. Among these, approximately 1,929 cases were locally transmitted, excluding imported cases.

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