272.6 Students Confirmed Daily on Average Two Days Before Suneung Exam

62 Fewer Daily Confirmed Cases Compared to Jeonju

On the 15th, citizens are waiting for testing at the COVID-19 screening clinic in front of Seongbuk-gu Office in Seoul. Photo by Mun Ho-nam munonam@

[Asia Economy Reporter Han Jinju] Two days before the College Scholastic Ability Test (CSAT), the average daily number of confirmed COVID-19 cases among kindergarten, elementary, middle, and high school students over the past five days was 272.6.

On the 16th, the Ministry of Education announced that 1,363 student cases were confirmed between the 11th and 15th. The daily average of 272.6 cases decreased by 62 compared to the previous week (November 4?10).

At the beginning of this month, the number of confirmed cases was 349.6 (October 28?November 3), which then decreased to the 200s last week (November 4?10) from 334. Since March, the cumulative number of confirmed student cases is 33,728.

The number of student cases by region over the past five days is as follows: ▲Gyeonggi 581 ▲Seoul 356 ▲Incheon 87 ▲Jeju 44 ▲Daegu 43 ▲Chungnam 41 ▲Busan 38 ▲Gyeongnam 35 ▲Jeonbuk 34 ▲Gangwon 26.

As of 10 a.m. on the day, 87.6% (17,917 schools) of the 20,447 nationwide kindergartens, elementary, middle, and high schools held in-person classes. In the metropolitan area, 86.7% and in non-metropolitan areas, 88.2% conducted in-person classes.

With the CSAT approaching, from the 11th, all high schools nationwide switched to remote classes, and 2,462 schools (12%) conducted full remote classes. Sixty-eight schools (0.3%) took discretionary holidays. The schools that conducted remote classes were in the order of Gyeonggi (533 schools), Seoul (334 schools), Gyeongnam (194 schools), Gyeongbuk (192 schools), and Busan (150 schools).

As of 4 p.m. the previous day, among 5,935,560 students nationwide, 63.6% (3.77 million) attended school.

The number of confirmed cases among faculty and staff over the past five days is 92, with a cumulative total of 2,405.

New confirmed cases among university students are 133, and among university faculty and staff are 19. The daily average number of confirmed cases is 26.6 for university students and 3.8 for faculty and staff. Since March, the cumulative confirmed cases are 11,392 for university students and 868 for university faculty and staff.

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