Seoul Weekly Student COVID-19 Cases Reach Over 1,000 for the First Time This Semester

1545 Students Confirmed in Seoul Last Week
Student Cases Down 37% Compared to Previous Week

On the 16th, a student is undergoing an on-site mobile PCR (polymerase chain reaction) test for COVID-19 response at Inheon Middle School in Gwanak-gu, Seoul. Photo by Jinhyung Kang aymsdream@

[Asia Economy Reporter Han Jinju] For the first time this semester, the number of confirmed COVID-19 cases among kindergarten, elementary, middle, and high school students in Seoul over the past week has reached the 1,000s.

According to the Seoul Metropolitan Office of Education on the 31st, 1,545 students in Seoul were confirmed positive for COVID-19 from the 23rd to the 29th.

This is a 36.9% decrease compared to 2,447 confirmed cases one week earlier.

The weekly number of student cases in Seoul was 64,048 during the week of March 14-20, right after the start of the semester. Since then, the number dropped to the 10,000s in April and further decreased to the 2,000s this month.

Weekly Number of Confirmed Cases by School Level in Seoul (Source: Seoul Metropolitan Office of Education)

The number of confirmed cases among school staff in Seoul over the past week was 217, down 108 from 325 the previous week.

By school level, high school students have the highest number of confirmed cases. The incidence rate per 10,000 students over the past week is 19.0 for high school students, 18.0 for middle school students, 16.8 for elementary students, and 7.3 for kindergarteners.

The ratio of confirmed cases reported by the Office of Education (students and staff) to the total confirmed cases in Seoul decreased by 1 percentage point from the previous week to 9.2%.

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