New COVID-19 Cases Over 10,000 for Two Consecutive Days... Deaths Decrease to 9 (Summary)

Newly Confirmed Cases 12,048... Decrease of 494 Compared to Previous Day

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[Asia Economy Reporter Kim Hye-min] The number of new COVID-19 cases has remained in the low 10,000s for two consecutive days. The daily death toll has dropped to single digits for the first time in four days.

The Central Disease Control Headquarters announced that as of midnight on the 4th, 12,048 new cases were reported. The cumulative number of confirmed cases stands at 18,153,851.

The number of new cases decreased by 494 compared to the previous day and by 2,348 compared to a week ago. The average daily number over the past week is 12,322. Due to the holiday effect, the number briefly fell below 10,000 but has since risen again to the low 10,000s, showing a repeating pattern.

Among the new cases, 41 were imported from overseas, and the rest were locally transmitted cases. By region (including imported cases): ▲Gyeonggi 2,746 ▲Seoul 2,254 ▲Gyeongbuk 889 ▲Daegu 718 ▲Gyeongnam 688 ▲Busan 640 ▲Gangwon 546 ▲Chungnam 539 ▲Incheon 532 ▲Jeonbuk 415 ▲Chungbuk 398 ▲Jeonnam 394 ▲Ulsan 331 ▲Gwangju 321 ▲Daejeon 321 ▲Jeju 210 ▲Sejong 104.

As the number of new cases decreased, the number of patients receiving home treatment also declined, with the total number of home-treated patients dropping by 738 from the previous day to 83,512.

The number of deaths was 9, down by 8 from the previous day. The cumulative death toll is 24,238, with a fatality rate of 0.13%. The number of critically ill patients is 141, a decrease of 19 from the previous day.

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