New Confirmed Cases 82,002, Down 3,318 from Yesterday (Update)

On the morning of the 29th, citizens who visited the COVID-19 testing site at Mapo-gu Public Health Center in Seoul are waiting to get tested. [Image source=Yonhap News]

[Asia Economy Reporter Donghoon Jeong] On the 30th, the number of new confirmed cases decreased by about 3,000 from the previous day, recording in the 82,000 range.

The Central Disease Control Headquarters announced that as of midnight on that day, the number of new COVID-19 confirmed cases was 82,002. The cumulative number of COVID-19 confirmed cases reached 19,702,461.

The number of new confirmed cases decreased by 3,318 from the previous day (85,320). It is 1.2 times the number from a week ago on the 23rd (68,537) and 1.99 times the number from two weeks ago on the 16th (41,302). Although the increase in new confirmed cases continues, the rate of increase has clearly slowed down.

Since the beginning of this month, the number of new confirmed cases doubled within a week, a phenomenon called "doubling," but from mid-last week, it has gradually eased, and the ratio of new confirmed cases compared to the previous week is slowly approaching 1. As the outbreak has somewhat calmed down, the government predicts that the peak daily number of new confirmed cases in this wave may be smaller than the initially expected 300,000.

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