New COVID-19 Cases in the 6,000s ... Deaths Drop to Single Digits for the First Time in 210 Days (Update)

Confirmed Cases at Least 1.31 Million... Severe Cases Over 100 for Three Consecutive Days

[Asia Economy Reporter Jo In-kyung] As the decline in the COVID-19 outbreak continues, the number of new confirmed cases has dropped to the lowest level in 131 days, reaching the 6,000 range. The number of deaths the previous day was 9, falling below 10 for the first time in 7 months.

According to the Central Disease Control Headquarters on the 30th, as of midnight on that day, 6,139 new COVID-19 cases were reported, bringing the total number of confirmed cases to 18,086,462.

The number of new confirmed cases decreased to less than half of the previous day's figure (12,654), falling below 10,000 again for the first time in a week since the 23rd (9,971). Compared to two weeks ago on the 16th (13,290), it is 7,151 fewer cases.

The number of new confirmed cases dropping to the 6,000 range is the first time in 129 days since January 21 (6,766). In terms of case numbers, it is the lowest in 131 days since January 19 (5,804), and the smallest number announced on a Monday in 19 weeks since January 17 (3,856).

However, since the number of tests decreases due to the weekend effect, the number of confirmed cases announced on Monday is usually lower, so there is a possibility that the number of confirmed cases will increase again in the middle of the week when testing numbers recover.

The number of deaths due to COVID-19 on the previous day was 9, which is 10 fewer than the previous day (19). The daily death toll falling to single digits is the first time in about 7 months since November 1 last year (9), the first day of the 'gradual recovery of daily life' policy.

By age group, 7 deaths (77.78%) were among those aged 80 and over, 1 in their 70s, and 1 in their 50s. The cumulative number of deaths is 24,167, with a cumulative fatality rate of 0.13%.

The number of critically ill patients is 178, down 10 from the previous day (188), marking the lowest since July 16 last year (171). The number of critically ill patients has remained in the 100s for three consecutive days since the 28th (196).

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