COVID-19 Imported Cases Reach New High at 391... 4,167 New Confirmed Cases

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[Asia Economy Reporter Kim Daehyun] The number of new COVID-19 cases imported from overseas has once again set a record high following the previous day, raising concerns about the spread of the Omicron variant in South Korea.

On the 13th, the Central Disease Control Headquarters (CDCH) announced that as of midnight, 4,167 new COVID-19 cases were confirmed, bringing the total cumulative cases to 679,030. The number of new cases decreased by 218 from 4,385 the previous day. It is 42 cases higher than the 4,125 cases reported a week ago (on the 6th).

The number of critically ill patients was 701, remaining in the 700 range for the fourth consecutive day. As of 5 p.m. the previous day, the utilization rate of COVID-19 intensive care beds was 38.9% (690 out of 1,774 beds in use), down 2.5 percentage points from the previous day (41.4%). The death toll increased by 44, bringing the total to 6,210 (cumulative fatality rate of 0.91%).

Regarding the infection routes of new cases, 3,776 were locally transmitted, and 391 were imported from overseas. The number of imported cases set a new daily record just one day after recording 380 cases the previous day. Among the imported cases, 265 (67.8%) were arrivals from the United States. In particular, cases of COVID-19 infection have been increasingly confirmed among attendees of the recently concluded CES 2022.

Among locally transmitted cases, 1,444 were in Gyeonggi, 858 in Seoul, and 224 in Incheon, totaling 2,526 cases (66.9%) in the metropolitan area. Non-metropolitan areas reported a total of 1,250 cases (33.1%), including 182 in Gwangju, 156 in Busan, 133 in Jeonnam, 126 in Chungnam, 119 in Daegu, 106 in Jeonbuk, 94 in Gyeongnam, 92 in Gyeongbuk, 82 in Gangwon, 63 in Daejeon, 58 in Chungbuk, 26 in Ulsan, 7 in Jeju, and 6 in Sejong.

The domestic COVID-19 vaccination completion rate as of midnight was 84.4% (a cumulative total of 43,303,358 people). The third dose vaccination rate reached 43.1% of the total population (a cumulative total of 22,101,847 people).

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