[Photo] 'First 300,000 Range' New Confirmed Cases 342,446... Surge of 140,000 in One Day

On the 9th, when the 20th presidential election was held, citizens were waiting for tests at the temporary screening clinic in Seoul Plaza, where the highest number of confirmed cases ever recorded, exceeding 300,000, occurred. The number of new COVID-19 cases on that day was 342,446, and the cumulative number of confirmed cases surpassed 5 million in South Korea 779 days after the first COVID-19 case was reported domestically./Reporter Kim Hyun-min kimhyun81@

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