COVID-19, 53,390 Cases Confirmed at 9 PM... Highest Number at Same Time (Summary)

Up by 433 Compared to the Previous Day

On the 13th, with 56,431 new COVID-19 cases reported, marking the fourth consecutive day of over 50,000 cases, citizens waiting to get tested are seen at a temporary screening clinic set up in World Cup Park, Mapo-gu, Seoul. Photo by Jinhyung Kang aymsdream@

By 9 PM on the holiday of the 13th, more than 53,000 new confirmed cases were reported. This is the highest number recorded for the same time period.

According to the quarantine authorities, Seoul city, and other local governments, from midnight to 9 PM on this day, a total of 53,390 people across 17 cities and provinces nationwide were confirmed positive for COVID-19. This is 433 more than the previous highest count of 52,957 recorded at the same time the day before.

Compared to the count of 27,710 at the same time one week ago on the 6th, this is about 1.9 times higher. Compared to two weeks ago on the 30th of last month, when the count was 15,142, it is about 3.5 times higher. Since there is still time until midnight when the count is finalized, the number of new confirmed cases to be announced on the 14th is expected to increase further, reaching the mid to high 50,000s.

On this day, 30,800 cases (57.7%) were reported in the metropolitan area, and 22,590 cases (42.3%) in non-metropolitan areas.

By city and province, the numbers are as follows: Gyeonggi 15,887, Seoul 11,559, Incheon 3,354, Busan 3,005, Gyeongnam 2,650, Chungnam 2,500, Daegu 2,406, Gyeongbuk 1,917, Daejeon 1,614, Jeonbuk 1,587, Chungbuk 1,542, Gwangju 1,520, Jeonnam 1,210, Gangwon 1,090, Ulsan 676, Jeju 520, Sejong 353. Gyeongbuk and Sejong corrected their confirmed case numbers at 9 PM to lower figures than those at 6 PM due to reclassification of cases.

Since the Omicron variant became the dominant strain in the country, the scale of new confirmed cases has been continuously increasing. Over the past week starting from the 7th, the daily new confirmed cases were 35,281, 36,717, 49,550, 54,121, 53,922, 54,941, and 56,431, averaging about 48,709 cases per day.

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