[Photo] 54,122 New COVID-19 Cases...First Time Surpassing 50,000

On the 10th, as the number of new COVID-19 cases exceeded 50,000 for the first time ever, continuing to break daily records, citizens lined up in long queues at the temporary testing site in Seoul Plaza to get tested. According to the Central Disease Control Headquarters (CDCH), as of midnight that day, the total number of new confirmed cases was 54,122, which is 2.4 times higher than the 22,906 cases reported a week earlier on the 3rd. Previously, health authorities predicted that due to the spread of the Omicron variant, daily confirmed cases could reach between 130,000 and 170,000 by the end of this month. / Reporter Kim Hyun-min kimhyun81@

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