COVID-19: 41,454 Confirmed Cases in Seoul by 9 PM

[Asia Economy Reporter Hyunseok Yoo] Seoul city announced that the number of new COVID-19 confirmed cases in Seoul was tentatively counted at 41,454 over 21 hours from 0:00 to 21:00 on the 22nd.

This is the first time since the outbreak of COVID-19 in South Korea that the number of new confirmed cases in Seoul has exceeded 40,000.

After surpassing 10,000 for the first time on the 8th of this month, the number rose to the 20,000 range on the 17th, just 9 days later, and then reached the 40,000 range in only 5 days.

This is a 90% surge compared to the tentative count for the same time period on the previous day (21,810 on the 21st).

The daily number of confirmed cases in Seoul has sharply increased since late last month due to the spread of the Omicron variant, reaching the 5,000 range on the 2nd, 6,000 range on the 3rd, 8,000 range on the 4th, 10,000 range on the 8th, and soaring to 25,651 on the 17th. Since then, the number has remained in the 20,000 range for five consecutive days until the 21st.

The final tally of total confirmed cases for the day will be compiled as of 0:00 on the 23rd and announced in the morning.

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