On the 17th, when the number of new COVID-19 cases exceeded 600,000 for the first time, staff members at the Songpa District Office situation room in Seoul were checking the number of new confirmed cases. According to the Central Disease Control Headquarters, as of midnight that day, the number of new confirmed cases was counted at 621,328. There were 1,159 critically ill patients and 429 deaths./Reporter Kim Hyun-min kimhyun81@
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