As of 9 PM, 2,805 Confirmed Cases Nationwide... Around 3,000 Expected Tomorrow

On the 5th, medical staff were busy working at Hyemin Hospital in Gwangjin-gu, a dedicated COVID-19 hospital in Seoul. The Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency's Central Disaster and Safety Countermeasures 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 number in 22 days since December 14 last year (906 patients). Photo by Moon Honam munonam@

[Asia Economy Reporter Dongwoo Lee] As of 9 PM on the 9th, the number of new COVID-19 cases nationwide was in the high 2,000s.

According to the quarantine authorities, Seoul city, and other local governments, from midnight to 9 PM on this day, a total of 2,805 confirmed cases tested positive for COVID-19 across 17 cities and provinces nationwide.

This is 297 fewer than the 3,102 cases recorded at the same time the previous day. On weekends and holidays, the number of tests tends to decrease, resulting in fewer new confirmed cases compared to weekdays.

Compared to 2,977 cases recorded at the same time a week ago on the 2nd, it is 172 fewer, and compared to 3,774 cases two weeks ago on the 26th of last month, it is 969 fewer.

Since there is still time until midnight when the count is finalized, the number of new confirmed cases to be announced on the 10th is expected to increase to around 3,000.

On this day, 1,819 cases (64.8%) were reported in the metropolitan area, and 986 cases (35.2%) were reported in non-metropolitan areas.

By city and province, the numbers are: Gyeonggi 976, Seoul 718, Busan 163, Gwangju 133, Incheon 125, Chungnam 101, Daegu 94, Jeonbuk 89, Gyeongbuk 88, Jeonnam 86, Gyeongnam 67, Gangwon 60, Daejeon 33, Chungbuk 25, Ulsan 21, Sejong and Jeju 13 each.

As the fourth domestic wave of COVID-19, which began in early July, continues into its sixth month, the scale of new confirmed cases has been showing a downward trend since late last month.

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