1950 COVID-19 Cases Confirmed by 6 PM... 531 More Than Yesterday

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 Song Seung-yoon] As the spread of COVID-19 shows no signs of slowing down, new confirmed cases continued to emerge across the country on the 16th.

According to the quarantine authorities, Seoul Metropolitan Government, and other local governments, a total of 1,950 new COVID-19 positive cases were reported nationwide from midnight to 6 p.m. on that day.

This is 531 more than the 1,419 cases reported during the same time frame the previous day, and 113 more than the 1,837 cases reported at the same time one week earlier on the 9th.

By region, 1,601 cases (82.1%) were reported in the Seoul metropolitan area, and 349 cases (17.9%) in non-metropolitan areas. By city and province, the numbers were: Seoul 996, Gyeonggi 463, Incheon 142, Gyeongnam 60, Chungnam 59, Daegu 43, Gangwon 42, Gyeongbuk 26, Jeonbuk and Chungbuk 22 each, Jeju 20, Daejeon 19, Jeonnam 15, Gwangju 14, Ulsan 6, and Sejong 1. Seoul recorded the highest number of confirmed cases ever during this time frame based on provisional data.

Since counting continues until midnight, the number of new confirmed cases announced at 0:00 on the 17th is expected to be higher. The previous day saw an increase of 706 cases after 6 p.m., closing at a total of 2,125 cases.

From the 9th to the 16th, the daily new confirmed cases over the past week were 2,425 → 2,520 → 2,368 → 2,324 → 2,419 → 2,006 → 2,125, averaging 2,312 cases per day. Excluding imported cases, the average daily number of locally transmitted cases was approximately 2,295.

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