224,703 Confirmed Cases by 6 PM... About 34,000 Fewer Than the Previous Day

Citizens continue to visit the temporary screening clinic at Seoul Station for testing. Photo by Moon Honam munonam@

[Asia Economy Reporter Kim Heung-soon] As the spread of the Omicron variant virus continues, more than 220,000 new COVID-19 cases were confirmed nationwide by the afternoon of the 26th.

According to Seoul and other local governments, from midnight to 6 p.m. on the same day, 224,703 people were confirmed positive for COVID-19 across 17 cities and provinces nationwide. This is 34,489 fewer than the 259,192 cases recorded at the same time the previous day.

Compared to the figure recorded at the same time one week ago on the 19th (250,517 cases), the number decreased by 25,814, and compared to two weeks ago on the 12th (296,065 cases), it decreased by 71,362. Since there is still time until midnight when the tally closes, the number of new confirmed cases announced on the 27th is expected to increase further.

As of 6 p.m. on the day, new confirmed cases were 116,065 (51.7%) in the metropolitan area and 108,638 (48.3%) in non-metropolitan areas. By region, the numbers are as follows: Gyeonggi 51,233, Seoul 50,612, Gyeongnam 16,493, Incheon 14,220, Gyeongbuk 12,301, Daegu 10,769, Jeonnam 10,500, Busan 10,010, Gangwon 8,987, Gwangju 8,587, Ulsan 6,868, Jeonbuk 6,929, Daejeon 5,764, Chungbuk 4,539, Jeju 3,864, Chungnam 2,278, Sejong 749, etc.

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