Over 20,000 Student COVID-19 Cases Nationwide in the Past Week... 2.6 Times Higher Than the Previous Week

Confirmed Cases Among Students and Staff More Than Double
Student Confirmed Cases Increase for 4 Consecutive Weeks
Self-Diagnosis App 'School Attendance Prohibition' Rate Also Rises

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

[Asia Economy Reporter Han Jinju] The number of student COVID-19 cases nationwide in the past week has exceeded 20,000, a 2.6-fold increase from last week's figure of around 8,000.

On the 13th, the Ministry of Education announced that from July 5 to 11, the number of confirmed student cases in kindergartens, elementary, middle, and high schools nationwide was 21,603. The number of confirmed cases among school staff was 2,580.

The number of student cases increased by 13,390 (163%) compared to the previous week, and confirmed cases among staff rose by 1,386 (116%).

The number of confirmed cases by school level in the past week was 723 in kindergartens, 10,477 in elementary schools, 6,127 in middle schools, 4,202 in high schools, and 75 in special schools.

The number of student cases by region was ▲Gyeonggi 5,923 ▲Seoul 3,720 ▲Busan 1,661 ▲Gyeongnam 1,433 ▲Incheon 1,334 ▲Gyeongbuk 897 ▲Daegu 878 ▲Chungnam 811 ▲Jeju 810 ▲Ulsan 701 ▲Jeonbuk 706 ▲Daejeon 616 ▲Chungbuk 576 ▲Jeonnam 499 ▲Gwangju 470 ▲Gangwon 390.

The average daily number of student cases over the past four weeks was 746 in the third week of June, 768 in the fourth week of June, 1,259 in the first week of July, and 3,086 in the second week of July, showing a continuous increase for four consecutive weeks.

The proportion of school-age confirmed cases among total confirmed cases over the past four weeks was 17%, up 3.5 percentage points from 13.5% the previous week. After maintaining the low teens in June, it surged to the high teens in the past week.

Meanwhile, the number of participants in the self-diagnosis app was 3,901,882, with a participation rate of 66.5%, up from 64.84% the previous week. The number of students instructed to stay home from school was 23,902 (0.41%), an increase of 0.17 percentage points from 0.24% the previous week.

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