1605 New COVID-19 Cases Nationwide by 6 PM... 27 More Than Yesterday

On the 12th, when the number of new COVID-19 cases reached 2,368, maintaining the daily count in the 2,000s, citizens visiting the temporary screening clinic set up at Seoul Station Plaza are waiting to be tested. Photo by Kang Jin-hyung aymsdream@

[Asia Economy Reporter Yoo Byung-don] As the fourth wave of COVID-19 continues, new confirmed cases were reported across the country on the 12th.

According to the quarantine authorities, Seoul city, and other local governments, from midnight to 6 p.m. on that day, a total of 1,605 new COVID-19 positive cases were confirmed nationwide.

This total is the sum of 16 provinces and cities excluding Busan, which does not release interim confirmed case counts among the 17 metropolitan cities and provinces.

This is 27 more than the 1,578 confirmed cases reported at the same time the previous day.

Compared to 1,542 confirmed cases at the same time one week earlier on the 5th, this is 63 more cases.

Looking at the regions where confirmed cases were reported that day, 1,287 cases (80.2%) were from the Seoul metropolitan area, and 318 cases (19.8%) were from non-metropolitan areas.

By city and province, there were 738 cases in Seoul, 417 in Gyeonggi, 132 in Incheon, 69 in Chungnam, 67 in Daegu, 39 in Gyeongnam, 34 in Gyeongbuk, 25 in Gangwon, 24 in Jeonbuk, 18 in Chungbuk, 16 in Daejeon, 15 in Jeju, 7 in Jeonnam, 3 in Gwangju, and 1 in Ulsan.

Among the 16 provinces and cities counted, no confirmed cases have yet been reported in Sejong.

Since there is still time until midnight when the count closes, the number of new confirmed cases announced at midnight on the 13th is expected to increase further.

The previous day, the final count increased by 790 cases from the 6 p.m. tally to close at 2,368 cases.

The number of new confirmed cases reported daily over the past week from the 6th to that day were 2,247 → 2,224 → 1,758 → 1,715 → 2,425 → 2,520 → 2,368. The weekly daily average was about 2,180 cases, and excluding imported cases, the average daily number of locally transmitted cases was 2,159.

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