Seoul Reports 4,185 New COVID-19 Cases... Over 4,000 Cases for Two Consecutive Days

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[Asia Economy Reporter Jeong Hyunjin] The number of new COVID-19 cases in Seoul has remained in the 4,000 range for two consecutive days.

On the 30th, Seoul City announced that the number of new COVID-19 cases reported in Seoul on the 29th was 4,185. This is 14 fewer than the previous day, the 28th (4,199), but the count stayed in the 4,000 range for two days.

The daily number of cases in Seoul reached a record high of 3,165 on the 14th of last month, then gradually decreased to the 700s earlier this month. However, it rose to the 1,000s on the 18th, surged to the 3,000s from the 25th, and exceeded 4,000 for the first time on the 28th.

Among the new cases, 4,157 were locally transmitted and 28 were imported. The proportion of cases by age group was 20s (27.1%), 30s (17.1%), teens (17.0%), and 40s (14.0%) in that order.

The number of daily tests jumped to over 110,000 on the 24th and increased to 150,422 on the 28th, but dropped to 95,592 on the 29th, the first day of the Lunar New Year holiday. The positivity rate (the ratio of confirmed cases to tests conducted the previous day) showed a decline: 3.2% on the 27th, 3.0% on the 28th, and 2.8% on the 29th.

As of midnight on the day, the cumulative number of confirmed cases in Seoul was 273,132, and the total number of deaths was 2,179.

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