198,836 Confirmed Cases Nationwide by 9 PM... About 20,000 Fewer Than Previous Day

On the morning of the 7th, citizens lined up to get tested at the temporary COVID-19 screening station set up at Seoul Station Plaza. / Photo by Yonhap News

[Asia Economy Reporter Lim Juhyung] As the domestic COVID-19 outbreak continues to decline, nearly 200,000 new COVID-19 cases were reported nationwide by the afternoon of the 7th.

According to Seoul Metropolitan Government and other local governments, the number of confirmed COVID-19 cases recorded from midnight to 9 p.m. across 17 cities and provinces nationwide was 199,836.

This is a decrease of 20,628 cases compared to the 220,464 cases recorded during the same time frame the previous day.

Compared to the count at the same time one week ago on the 31st of last month (271,599 cases), it decreased by 71,763 cases, and compared to two weeks ago (328,909 cases), it decreased by 129,073 cases.

However, since there is still time until midnight when the count is finalized, the number of new confirmed cases to be announced by the quarantine authorities on the 8th is expected to be higher than the currently tallied number.

Meanwhile, among the new confirmed cases recorded by 9 p.m. on this day, the metropolitan area accounted for 50.1%, totaling 100,023 cases. The non-metropolitan area accounted for 99,813 cases (49.9%).

The daily number of confirmed cases over the past week from the 1st has been 280,249 → 264,149 → 234,271 → 127,172 → 266,113 → 286,294 → 224,820, with a current daily average of approximately 240,438 cases.

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