New COVID-19 Cases at 9 PM: 3,479, Down 210 from Previous Day

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, the number of critically ill patients decreased by 20 from the previous day to 953. This is the lowest figure in 22 days since December 14 last year (906 patients). Photo by Moon Honam munonam@

[Asia Economy Reporter Kang Nahum] As of 9 PM on the 5th, more than 3,400 new COVID-19 cases were reported nationwide.

According to health authorities and local governments, from midnight to 9 PM on the same day, a total of 3,479 people tested positive for COVID-19 across 17 cities and provinces nationwide. This is 210 fewer than the 3,689 cases recorded at the same time the previous day.

Compared to 4,533 cases recorded at the same time a week ago on the 29th of last month, it is 1,054 fewer, and compared to 5,308 cases two weeks ago on the 22nd of last month, it is 1,829 fewer.

However, since there is still time until midnight when the count is finalized, the number of new cases to be announced on the 6th is expected to reach the 4,000 range.

On this day, 2,489 new cases (71.5%) were reported in the metropolitan area, and 990 cases (28.5%) in non-metropolitan areas. By city and province, Seoul reported 1,166 cases, Gyeonggi 1,040, Incheon 283, Busan 222, Daegu 107, Gwangju 91, Gyeongbuk 89, Gyeongnam 88, Chungnam 79, Jeonbuk 70, Jeonnam 59, Gangwon 56, Chungbuk 40, Daejeon 38, Ulsan 26, Jeju 19, and Sejong 6.

The number of new cases over the past week from the 30th of last month were 5,034 → 4,874 → 4,415 → 3,832 → 3,125 → 3,024 → 4,444.

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