As of 9 PM, 1,867 COVID-19 Cases Nationwide... 395 Fewer Than Yesterday

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[Asia Economy Reporter Lee Seon-ae]As the fourth wave of COVID-19 continues, confirmed cases surged across the country on the 14th.

According to the quarantine authorities and local governments including Seoul City, from midnight to 9 p.m. on the same day, a total of 1,867 new confirmed COVID-19 cases were reported nationwide.

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

Compared to 2,262 confirmed cases at the same time the previous day, this is 395 fewer cases, and 246 fewer than the 1,621 cases reported at the same time one week ago on the 7th.

Looking at the regions with confirmed cases on this day, 1,525 cases (81.7%) were from the Seoul metropolitan area, and 342 cases (18.3%) were from non-metropolitan areas.

By city and province, Seoul reported 870 cases, Gyeonggi 553, Incheon 102, Chungnam 57, Daegu 49, Gyeongnam 46, Gangwon and Gyeongbuk 34, Jeonbuk 31, Gwangju 26, Daejeon 25, Chungbuk and Jeonnam 13 each, Jeju 10, and Ulsan 4.

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 midnight on the 15th is expected to increase to around 2,000.

The previous day, the final count closed at 2,419 cases, which was 157 more than the 9 p.m. tally.

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

From the 8th to this 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 cases is 2,200 per day.

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