[Asia Economy Reporter Changhwan Lee] As of 6 PM on the 26th, more than 130,000 confirmed COVID-19 cases have been reported.


According to local governments, from midnight to 6 PM on this day, 132,319 people across 17 cities and provinces nationwide were confirmed positive for COVID-19.


This is 3,667 fewer than the 135,986 cases reported at the same time the previous day.


New confirmed cases were 79,207 (59.9%) in the metropolitan area and 53,112 (40.1%) in non-metropolitan areas.



By city and province, the numbers are as follows: Gyeonggi 40,493, Seoul 29,932, Incheon 8,782, Busan 8,213, Gyeongnam 7,125, Daegu 5,637, Gyeongbuk 5,287, Gwangju 4,053, etc.


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