Severe COVID-19 Cases Below 1,000 for Two Consecutive Days... 4,444 New COVID-19 Cases Reported

Citizens waiting to get tested at a temporary screening clinic set up at Seoul City Hall Plaza on the 3rd./Photo by Jinhyung Kang aymsdream@

[Asia Economy Reporter Kim Daehyun] The number of severe COVID-19 patients has been recorded below 1,000 for two consecutive days.

On the 4th, the Central Disease Control Headquarters (CDCH) announced that as of midnight, 4,444 new COVID-19 cases were confirmed, bringing the total number of confirmed cases to 649,669. Although the number of new cases increased by 1,420 compared to the previous day, it is 963 fewer than the 5,407 cases reported a week ago on the 29th of last month.

Following the downward trend in new cases, the number of severe patients was recorded at 953, remaining below 1,000 for two consecutive days after 973 the day before. The death toll increased by 57, totaling 5,838 (cumulative fatality rate 0.90%).

Regarding the infection routes of new cases, 4,233 were locally transmitted and 211 were imported. Among the locally transmitted cases, Gyeonggi had 1,416, Seoul 1,346, and Incheon 261, totaling 3,023 cases (71.4%) in the metropolitan area.

Non-metropolitan areas reported a total of 1,210 cases (28.6%), including Busan 248, Chungnam 137, Gyeongnam 111, Daegu 108, Gyeongbuk 97, Jeonbuk 93, Gwangju 73, Gangwon 68, Chungbuk 67, Jeonnam 60, Ulsan 47, Jeju 43, Daejeon 41, and Sejong 17.

The number of imported cases was 211, an increase of 76 from 135 the previous day. Since reaching triple digits with 126 cases on the 29th of last month, imported cases have remained in the triple digits for eight consecutive days. The number of imported cases on this day is the second highest since July 22 of last year, when 309 cases were reported.

On the previous day, 106,945 tests were conducted at screening clinics, and 127,185 tests at temporary screening centers, totaling 234,130 tests. The test positivity rate, calculated by dividing the number of new cases by the total number of tests the previous day, was 1.90%.

Meanwhile, the domestic COVID-19 vaccination completion rate as of midnight was 83.2% (a cumulative total of 42,679,758 people). The third dose completion rate was 37.7% of the total population (19,336,893 people).

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