2587 Seoul Students Confirmed COVID-19 Positive in the Past Week, a 2.6-Fold Increase

988 Student Cases → 2,587, Staff 152 → 342
Incidence Rate 28.6 per 10,000, Up 17.6 from Last Week (11.0)

Students are attending school at an elementary school in Seoul on the 13th, two days before Teacher's Day, which is the first since the full-scale resumption of face-to-face classes in schools. Photo by Mun Ho-nam munonam@

[Asia Economy Reporter Han Jinju] The number of student COVID-19 cases reported in Seoul over the past week has increased 2.6 times compared to the previous week.

According to the Seoul Metropolitan Office of Education on the 12th, the number of new student cases reported from July 4 to 10 was 2,587, and the number of confirmed cases among faculty and staff was 342.

The number of student cases in the previous week was 988, which means an increase of 1,599 cases, or 2.6 times. The number of faculty and staff cases also rose from 152 to 342, a 2.25-fold increase.

The number of student cases in Seoul has been on the rise for three consecutive weeks, from the 3rd and 4th weeks of June through the 1st week of July.

The number of confirmed cases by school level is as follows: elementary school (1,302), middle school (678), high school (506), and kindergarten (78).

The incidence rate per 10,000 students over the past week averaged 28.6, an increase of 17.6 from the previous week's 11.0. By school level, the rates are 32.6 for elementary schools, 32.3 for middle schools, and 23.4 for high schools. Elementary schools saw an increase of 20.7 from the previous week's 11.9.

Meanwhile, as of the 12th, the number of new COVID-19 cases nationwide reached 37,360, marking the highest figure in 62 days and a 2.1-fold increase compared to the previous week.

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