559 COVID-19 Cases in Daejeon... Average Daily Cases of 456 in the Past Week

On the 3rd, in front of Seoul City Hall, citizens are lining up at a temporary screening clinic following the change in COVID-19 testing methods. The general public will primarily receive rapid antigen tests using self-test kits instead of the traditional PCR (polymerase chain reaction) tests, or they can get professional rapid antigen tests at local respiratory clinics or neighborhood hospitals. Rapid antigen testing is being implemented to meet the increasing demand for tests due to the spread of Omicron. The photo is unrelated to the article. Photo by Moon Honam munonam@

[Asia Economy (Daejeon) Reporter Jeong Il-woong] The number of new COVID-19 confirmed cases in the Daejeon area has exceeded 500.

According to Daejeon City on the 3rd, 559 people were confirmed to have COVID-19 in the region the previous day. Over the past week, the cumulative number of confirmed cases reached 3,196, with an average of 456 confirmed cases per day.

In particular, Daejeon has been setting new daily records for the highest number of COVID-19 infections, with 429 cases on the 28th of last month, 449 on the 29th, 446 on the 30th, and 481 on the 1st.

On the previous day, in addition to contacts of existing confirmed cases, screening clinics were crowded with citizens who had returned to their hometowns during the holiday period and wanted to check their infection status before returning to work. The number of tests conducted that day was confirmed to be 18,303.

Due to the concentration of tests, city quarantine authorities are reportedly facing difficulties in conducting additional detailed tests to determine infection with the Omicron variant. The cumulative number of confirmed Omicron infections so far is 1,124.

From the 3rd, the city quarantine authorities will conduct polymerase chain reaction (PCR) tests only for high-risk groups, and other testers will be required to take rapid antigen tests first.

Meanwhile, one more death was reported in Daejeon the previous day. As of this date, the cumulative number of deaths is counted at 198.

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