1442 Confirmed Cases in Seoul at 6 PM... Highest Ever for the Same Time Slot

36 More Than the Previous Record High
67 More Than the Same Time Last Week Afternoon

On the 21st, the COVID-19 screening clinic at Nowon-gu Public Health Center in Seoul was crowded with citizens seeking tests. The Central Disaster and Safety Countermeasures Headquarters announced that as of midnight, the number of new confirmed cases increased by 5,202, bringing the total to 575,615. There are 1,022 critically ill patients, the second highest number ever recorded. Photo by Moon Honam munonam@

[Asia Economy Reporter Han Jinju] From midnight to 6 p.m. on Wednesday the 22nd, the number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Seoul was recorded at 1,442.

According to Seoul City on the 22nd, the number of confirmed cases as of 6 p.m. (1,442) marked the highest ever recorded for that time frame. This is 36 more than the previous record of 1,406 cases at 6 p.m. the day before.

One week earlier, on the 15th at 6 p.m., the number of confirmed cases was 1,375, which is 67 fewer than the current figure. The daily confirmed cases were 2,805 on the 21st and 3,057 on the 15th.

The daily confirmed cases in Seoul first reached the 3,000 mark and set a record high at 3,166 on the 14th. The 3,000 range continued on the 15th, then dropped to the 2,000 range from the 16th to the 18th, before rising again to the high 2,000s on the 21st.

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