As of 6 PM, 165,611 COVID-19 Cases Nationwide... 84,906 Fewer Than Yesterday

[Asia Economy Reporter Jang Hyowon] As of 6 PM on the 20th, 160,000 COVID-19 cases were reported nationwide. This is about 85,000 fewer than yesterday.

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According to Seoul Metropolitan Government and other local governments, from midnight to 6 PM on this day, 165,611 people across 17 cities and provinces nationwide were confirmed positive for COVID-19. This is 84,906 fewer than the 250,517 cases recorded at the same time the previous day.

Compared to the figure at the same time one week ago on the 13th (260,184 cases), it is 94,573 fewer, and 8,926 fewer than two weeks ago on the 6th (174,537 cases).

There was a period when new cases surged weekly with 'doubling' (cases doubling) due to the spread of the Omicron variant, but recently the increase has slowed and has started to decline compared to one and two weeks ago.

The government forecasts that the domestic COVID-19 epidemic peak period has passed its peak and will shift to a downward trend by mid-next week.

Since there is still time until midnight when the tally closes, the new cases announced on the 21st are expected to be much higher than the 6 PM tally.

As of 6 PM, new cases were 81,684 (49.3%) in the metropolitan area and 83,927 (50.7%) in non-metropolitan areas.

By region, Seoul reported 37,739 cases, Gyeonggi 33,800, Incheon 10,145, Gyeongnam 9,418, Gyeongbuk 8,504, Busan 8,483, Gwangju 8,325, Chungnam 830, Jeonnam 6,465, Gangwon 6,148, Daegu 5,439, Jeonbuk 5,044, Daejeon 4,857, Ulsan 4,250, Chungbuk 3,844, Jeju 2,746, and Sejong 2,374.

From the 14th to this day, the daily confirmed cases were 309,779 → 362,303 → 400,694 → 621,281 → 407,016 → 381,454 → 334,708, with the weekly daily average cases exceeding 400,000 at 402,462.

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