In the past 5 days, an average of 762.4 students confirmed daily... Total 3,812 students

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(Seoul=Yonhap News) Photo by Han Sang-gyun = On the 14th, a parent waves to their child going to school at an elementary school in Seoul. According to the Seoul Metropolitan Office of Education, over 2,000 students in Seoul tested positive for COVID-19 during the past week, the third week since full in-person classes began. The government will start a "visiting vaccination" program from the 15th, where health center teams visit schools to provide vaccinations. 2021.12.14
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[Asia Economy Reporter Junhyung Lee] Over the past five days, an average of 762.4 kindergarten, elementary, middle, and high school students nationwide have tested positive for COVID-19 each day.

According to the Ministry of Education on the 14th, from the 9th to the 13th of this month, 3,812 students from kindergartens, elementary, middle, and high schools nationwide were confirmed to have COVID-19. Since the start of the school year in March, the cumulative number of confirmed cases has risen to 51,502.

The number of confirmed cases among school staff was 321, averaging 64.2 per day. As of 4 p.m. on the same day, out of 5,935,756 students nationwide, 5,178,066 (87.2%) attended in-person classes. Among them, 90.2% of elementary students and 89% of middle school students attended in-person classes. The attendance rate for high school students was the lowest at 79.4%, influenced by the flexible combination of in-person and remote classes after the College Scholastic Ability Test for third-year high school students.

Based on schools, out of 20,447 schools nationwide, 20,039 schools (98.0%) held in-person classes. 322 schools (1.6%) conducted remote classes. Schools that implemented discretionary holidays or similar measures numbered 86 (0.4%).

The in-person attendance rate was 97.6% in the metropolitan area and 98.3% in non-metropolitan areas. At universities nationwide, an average of 56.2 students and 11.6 staff members tested positive daily over the past five days.

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