958 Student Confirmed Cases in Seoul Over One Week... First Triple-Digit Figure This Semester

Weekly Student COVID-19 Cases Decrease by 587 Compared to Previous Week
Highest Incidence Rate per 10,000 Among High School Students

On the 2nd, when normal attendance was resumed at all schools nationwide, students at Gwangjang Elementary School in Gwangjin-gu, Seoul, are attending classes at seats where the partitions have been removed. 2022.05.02 Photo by Joint Press Corps

[Asia Economy Reporter Han Jinju] The weekly number of student COVID-19 cases in Seoul has dropped to triple digits over the past week.

According to the Seoul Metropolitan Office of Education on the 7th, the number of student COVID-19 cases in Seoul from May 30 to June 5 was 958, and the number of confirmed cases among faculty and staff was 159.

The number of student cases decreased by 587 compared to the previous week for the first time this year. This is the first time this semester that the number of student cases in Seoul has recorded triple digits.

The weekly number of student cases in Seoul was 64,048 during March 14?20, right after the start of the semester, then dropped to the 10,000 range from April, and further decreased to the 2,000 range in May.

By school level, high school students have the highest number of confirmed cases. The number of confirmed cases per 10,000 students over one week is highest among high school students (11.9), followed by middle school students (10.8), elementary school students (10.1), and kindergarten students (6.4).

The ratio of confirmed cases in the education office (students and faculty/staff) to the total confirmed cases in Seoul is 7.3%, a decrease of 1.9 percentage points compared to the previous week.

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