As of 6 PM, 497 COVID-19 Cases in Seoul and 1,149 Nationwide Confirmed

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[Asia Economy Reporter Lee Seon-ae] On the 14th, COVID-19 confirmed cases were reported across the country.

According to the quarantine authorities, Seoul city, and other local governments, from midnight to 6 p.m. on that day, a total of 1,149 new confirmed COVID-19 cases were recorded nationwide.

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

Compared to the same time the previous day, when 1,486 cases were confirmed, this is 337 fewer, and 183 fewer than the count at the same time one week ago on the 7th, when 1,332 cases were recorded.

Looking at the regions where confirmed cases were reported that day, 849 cases (73.9%) were in the metropolitan area, and 300 cases (26.1%) were in non-metropolitan areas.

By city and province, Seoul reported 497 cases, Gyeonggi 252, Incheon 100, Daegu and Chungnam each 48, Gyeongnam 46, Gyeongbuk 34, Gangwon 31, Gwangju and Daejeon 19 each, Jeonbuk 18, Jeonnam and Chungbuk 13 each, Jeju 10, and Ulsan 1.

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

Since there is still time until midnight when the count closes, the number of new confirmed cases announced at 0:00 on the 15th is expected to increase beyond this.

The previous day, the final count closed at 2,419 cases, which was 933 more than the 6 p.m. count.

The fourth domestic wave, which began in early July, has continued for over four months.

From the 8th to that day, the number of new confirmed cases reported daily over the past week were 1,758 → 1,715 → 2,425 → 2,520 → 2,368 → 2,324 → 2,419, averaging 2,219 cases per day. Excluding imported cases, the average number of locally transmitted confirmed cases is 2,200 per day.

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