[Asia Economy Yang Nak-gyu, Military Specialist Reporter]As the number of new domestic COVID-19 cases exceeded 100,000 per day, the military also recorded the highest number of new confirmed cases ever.


The Ministry of National Defense announced on the 18th at 2 p.m. that 639 new COVID-19 cases were confirmed within the military. This is the first time that daily confirmed cases in the military have reached the 600s.



By branch, there were 463 in the Army, 34 in the Navy, 7 in the Marine Corps, 85 in the Air Force, 41 in the Ministry of National Defense direct units, and 3 in the Ministry of National Defense. The cumulative number of confirmed cases in the military is 10,921, of which 342 are currently under management.


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