As of 6 PM, 2,877 New COVID-19 Cases Nationwide... 25 More Than Yesterday

On the 5th, medical staff communicated via walkie-talkies at Hyemin Hospital in Gwangjin-gu, a dedicated COVID-19 hospital in Seoul. The Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency's Central Disease Control Headquarters announced that as of midnight that day, the number of critically ill patients decreased by 20 from the previous day to 953. This is the lowest number in 22 days since December 14 last year (906 patients). Photo by Moon Honam munonam@

[Asia Economy Reporter Kang Nahum] As of 6 PM on the 5th, more than 2,800 new COVID-19 cases were reported nationwide.

According to health authorities and local governments across the country, from midnight to 6 PM on this day, a total of 2,877 people tested positive for COVID-19 in 17 cities and provinces nationwide. This is 25 more than the 2,852 cases recorded at the same time the previous day.

Compared to 3,249 cases recorded at the same time a week ago on the 29th of last month, it is 372 fewer, and compared to 4,191 cases two weeks ago on the 22nd of last month, it is 1,314 fewer.

However, since there is still time until midnight when the count is finalized, the number of new confirmed cases to be announced on the 6th is expected to increase further.

On this day, 1,977 new cases (68.7%) were reported in the Seoul metropolitan area, and 900 cases (31.3%) were reported in non-metropolitan areas. By city and province, the numbers are Seoul 975, Gyeonggi 738, Incheon 264, Busan 222, Daegu 102, Gyeongnam 88, Gyeongbuk 86, Gwangju 77, Chungnam 74, Gangwon 49, Jeonbuk 47, Jeonnam 45, Chungbuk 40, Daejeon 28, Jeju 19, Ulsan 17, and Sejong 6.

The number of new confirmed cases over the week from the 30th of last month were 5,034 → 4,874 → 4,415 → 3,832 → 3,125 → 324 → 4,444.

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