3000 Deaths Amid 'With Corona' Policy (Update)

On the 9th, citizens continued to visit the temporary COVID-19 screening clinic in front of Seoul City Hall to get tested. Photo by Moon Honam munonam@

[Asia Economy Reporter Lee Chun-hee] The number of COVID-19 deaths is expected to surpass 3,000 on the 9th. As the "phased daily recovery (With Corona)" has begun, the authorities are increasingly concerned as the number of critically ill patients and deaths is rapidly rising day by day.

The Central Disaster and Safety Countermeasure Headquarters for COVID-19 announced that as of midnight on this day, the cumulative number of COVID-19 deaths in the country increased by 18 to 2,998. It is highly likely to exceed 3,000 during the day. It has been 629 days since the first death was reported on February 19 last year (based on the date of death) during the initial phase of the first wave.

The speed of deaths is gradually accelerating. It took 274 days (until November 19 last year) to exceed 500 deaths after the first death, then 166 days (until June 19 this year) to reach 2,000 deaths, and it took 142 days to surpass 3,000 deaths again.

In particular, since the start of With Corona on the 1st, the number of deaths has been in double digits for eight consecutive days. On the 3rd, there were 24 deaths, marking the highest number since the 4th wave. It is the seventh highest number of deaths in history. The record for the highest daily deaths was 40 on December 29 last year.

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